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Posted on 2008.07.26 at 12:09Current Mood:
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for the first year, like ever, the week-long festivities of cheyenne frontier days proved to be - amazing
michael's family arrived on tuesday and it was a heartfelt joy to see them all reunite. within five minutes they were all huddled around the playstation and finishing each other's quips and sentences. they're great, they have the same delightfully wicked sense of humor and big doe eyes.
michael's sister stormey has been staying with us since, his brother with cousins. so we took the opportunity to celebrate and go a little bonkers with our stimulus checks :]
wednesday we all rolled out of bed early to attend the pancake breakfast, which would have been more delightful if my tastebuds were also awake at that ungodly hour.
thursday we managed the parade.
leighton was delighted at the never ending stream of horses, and thus assured me that he is in fact my blood child. michael held me close as the sights went by at a snail's pace and i was just ... happy
after the last of the floats and street sweepers passed by we walked home (bless us for getting a house within walking distance to all the fun!) and readied for the real event of the day -
the denver aquarium!
after the initial hour long adventure of being semi-lost in an unfamiliar town, we landed in an underwater wonderland. leigh squealed and delighted at absolutely everything, and we (the adults?) resolved to swim with the sharks the next time we visited
it was all so amazing and beautiful, though for an 'aquarium' it had a wide variety of animals (like Sumatran tigers and a reptile house) and most of the concentration was on the restaurant portion of the tour - we had a great time.
i hate myself for forgetting the camera at home. we have a few snapshots on the cell phones but they hardly to the glory of the place justice.
on the way home we swung byt the centerra shops for some extravagant shopping, and so that leigh might frolic in the ground water display.
it was, in one word - adorable
in a series on twelve valves, water would spurt up from the ground in a sort of mini fountain - and apparently kids were allowed to get soaked :: for when we sauntered up there was already a heard of small people in various states of undress playing around in the sprays and puddles
leigh joined them without pause
and so we watched from the grassy knoll nearby, michael and i every bit the proud parents. and when a sopping wet little boy was too tired to hardly stand, we took him home and ended our perfect day
THEN (lol)
last night, stormey was kind enough to watch leigh while michael and i made the carnival our date night.
it was so romantic, walking hand in hand through the bright lights. he looks especially lovely upside down on the ring of fire :] where he gave me a quick kiss and the twelve year olds behind us serenaded us with 'k-i-s-s-i-n-g' in good fun. even when the rain came we danced under the pitter patter and hopped in puddles together like kids
i've never been happier
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