Make A Wish ~ Day 6

.........all good things must come to an end.  The end has come to Owen's magical wish trip.  We had a wonderful week, and as we packed up and got ready to go we were all a little sad to say good-bye to Cherry Creek and the Denver area. 
There aren't many pictures from this day because it was a little bit rushed once we got on the road.  We needed to meet the guy from Sonny's RV in Rawlins so he could drive the RV back to Casper.  I still can not get over their kindness and generosity!  We didn't make as good of time as I thought we could but we tried and enjoyed our journey home.
Once we got close to home we hit a storm and it was a down pour.  We got to unload the RV in a rainstorm but everyone was such good help that it went well.  I just felt bad putting Sonny's driver back on the road in that storm and late time of day.  A huge THANK YOU again to Sonny's RV.

We are so grateful for everyone that made this trip possible!  It will always be a highlight in all of our memories.  Everything was wonderful!  I can't wait to pay this one forward!

I did forget to mention that throughout the week Owen was thanked many times for this wonderful trip mostly by Abby.  Out of the blue I would hear "thanks Owen for the trip!"

THANK YOU MAKE A WISH AND OUR SPONSOR AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS BEHIND THE SCENES.  WE LOVE YOU!

Make A Wish ~ Day 5

Day 5...I really thought we would be ready to call it quits and be on our way home way before this.  Here we are on day 5 and everyone is just as excited as day 1.  I am a home body and I would have been okay to come home but we were having so much fun it was easy to stay.  Bentley wanted to stay at Cherry Creek forever! 

Bentley doing the "call me maybe" dance.  He and Abby love this
 and whenever the song comes on the dance begins. 

On our way the the Planetarium we passed the Butterfly Pavilion sign and thought we would stop because we had heard from several people that it was a must see.  We stopped and Abby and I went in to check prices and how much time it would take.  I told the lady at the desk what we were doing and she let us take a quick look to see if Owen would like it.  I am so glad she did that because I don't think Owen would have liked it so well.  The butterfly part was so hot and humid.  We ran through quickly and went back out to tell Lenn what we found out.  Abby wanted to go back and get a good look so she and I went back and paid and went through.  Bentley and Lenn were more than happy to sit with Owen while we did this!  We thought is was pretty cool.  The butterflies and flowers were beautiful.

They had an aquarium room and it was really neat and colorful but after being at the aquarium it seemed really small.  They also had an insect room, we didn't spend too much time in there after Abby saw people holding a tarantula!  She grabbed my arm and said 'let's go!'.

Our main purpose for the day was to go to a laser show at the Planetarium at the University of Colorado.  A friend had told us about laser shows so Make a Wish found one.  I am sure it was one of Owen's favorites on the trip.  He grinned from the time the stars came on in the dome until the whole show was over.  He loves lights so I am so glad we got to do this.

Outside the Planetarium.  Inside that dome in the background is where the show took place.

We saw that there was a Landry's restaurant so on the way back from the Planetarium we found one and stopped to eat.  The kids and I aren't huge seafood fans but we did it for name's sake.
(For those who don't know we have a little angel named Landry.) 
The manager was so nice he came out and took our picture in front of the sign and they sent us home with a menu.  I am sure the kids won't be going back to a seafood place anytime soon but I bet they won't forget going to Landry's.





Make A Wish ~ Day 4

Wednesday was our day to sightsee.  I wanted to make sure and see the temple.  Temples have such a special place in my heart and testimony.  Although the temple was beautiful and I am glad we went, it was HOT!  We decided for all of us to get out and walk around the grounds but the heat hit hard on this day.  We were only out about 45 minutes and Owen's vent decided it didn't like the heat at all.  It started giving us a low peep alarm, that means Owen is not getting the needed air.  We got him into the RV and hooked back up to power, I called the RT at primary's and Lenn gets a frozen bag of chicken nuggets for the vent.  Lenn put the chicken nuggets on the vent and while we were waiting for the RT to call me back, the vent quit alarming.  Thank goodness for Lenn and the frozen chicken nuggets!!!   

Needless to say, that was the first and last outing for Owen that day.  The rest of the sightseeing for him was done from a window in the RV.  I was okay with that too!



This the the bride area behind the temple, it was beautiful.  When we got to the temple we were told that is was closed, that was okay with us, we were there to walk around and it made parking easy for Lenn!  One of the workers told us about this area and the special thing about the circle that Bentley is standing on.  It was not planned but after building this area they noticed that if you stand on this circle and face the temple your voice sounds like you are speaking in a microphone.  Of course we had to try it out and yes it was true.

 



After the temple we headed to the Air force Academy.  This is the Cadet Chapel, it was amazing inside and out.  They have different rooms for different religions, they were beautiful.  Bentley and Abby both asked "where do the Mormons go?".  It was pretty funny, being raised in a predominately LDS community our kids don't realize that it isn't the main religion everywhere.

Lenn dreaming!!!

Lenn and Bentley were so bummed when this was as close to the field as they could get.

Abby and Bentley enjoying swim beach at Cherry Creek.

Owen's t-shirt.  It was probably a blessing it was hot because after two days playing hard he was able to rest most of this day.

Make A Wish ~ Day 3

We had another great day!  This time we got up and on our way with beautiful weather coming our way!  In fact it was so beautiful that it was starting to get HOT!  We started out by pretty much chasing Lenn to keep up with him.  He was on a mission of some sort and you would have thought it was a timed event.  I guess with Owen it kind of is.  Lenn had seen the map of the zoo and realized how huge it is and the day before at the aquarium Owen's vent batteries ran out and and we had to leave in a mad dash.  I guess you could say Lenn was justified! 

Owen ready for the zoo!



We stopped a lady to take our picture and she told us to say "happy Denver", that was the saying of the day!  Abby would repeat it and then giggle.



Owen and Abby waiting in the shade while Bentley was in line and Lenn was parking. (little did he know

Abby's elephant ears!

Bentley's elephant ears!

Bentley and Abby measuring up to the gorilla's.

This is Owen's 'I'm interested look'.  He was watching the carousel here and he did the same thing with the train.

I have mentioned before how silly Bentley is.  Here is proof, I know it's a blurry picture, but he is doing the princess wave! 

Owen loved looking at the train, it was one of his favorite things at the zoo.

Bentley got a gorilla at the zoo.



Abby loves zebras so she got her one.

 

It was so hot at the end we got Owen in the RV and Bentley picked out this giraffe for him.  He loves it!

We had a great day, it was hot but Owen and his vent did fine and the zoo was full of shade so it wasn't miserable.  Another great day!

Our camp site

We stayed at Cherry Creek State park.  It was an amazing park and we only saw a little bit of it.  It wasn't far from downtown Denver but it was surrounded by trees so you felt like you were up in the mountains somewhere.  It was beautiful!  We all love it and enjoyed our stay.  Bentley and Abby loved the vending machines in the wash house, they even took their credit cards.  They thought that was pretty amazing!

Eating dinner



Our campsite



Abby was amazed that there were deer right next to us

Ice cream every night!  Who can beat that?

We took bikes and scooters and had a good time riding them around the campground.
Bentley had to show off by riding his scooter and eating ice cream!

Sunset the last night we were there.

Abby's flowers she picked.

Watching a movie as a family. 

Lenn playing guitar with Owen.

Make A Wish ~ Day 2

Let this be a warning...I love pictures so be prepared for A LOT of them! A story just isn't a story with pictures.

A cold front had just gone through Denver so we thought we would go to the zoo before it heated up again.  We got up and ready and headed to the zoo.  Lenn said "What about this cloud covering Denver"?  I said "let's go and see".  It was only minutes later that this downpour started.
We were stopped at a stop light and saw this waterfall down the stairs from a parking lot!  We quickly changed our minds and headed to the aquarium!



Bentley and Abby

The USS Landry's, a ship in the aquarium.



We ate lunch at the restaurant at the aquarium and this was dessert! YUMMY!  The restaurant is owned by Landry's..more to come about that.



The mermaids!  This was our second time through, we knew where the show happened so we got there and didn't move.  They waved at Abby and Owen, blew kisses and then made a little heart.

I had to make Bentley get his picture.  He claimed he wasn't too impressed with the mermaids!

Yes, they are different mermaids than above.  I couldn't convince Lenn to get Owen's picture with them because of the crowd but on our second time through we were standing there as they came up to get pictures so Owen was first in line with the mermaids that were blowing him kisses.

She was waving at Owen.

Bentley and Abby in the rain forest.

Abby climbing the coconut tree.  She shimmied right up to the top!

We all got paint on tattoos, we had a free face painting with our tickets so we used them.
Bentley and Lenn got Rockies, we picked out Nemo for Owen because he loves the bright colors, Abby got a dolphin and I got a dragonfly.

There were stables and horse rides where we stayed.  We knew Abby would love to ride a horse.  After the aquarium we headed to the stables and surprised her with a horse ride.  Bentley said he didn't care to go but I wasn't letting Abby go alone on a horse ride with a stranger!! 

Owen's aquarium souvenirs.

Abby with her souvenirs!  Abby will not be given a credit card anytime soon!  She was so excited to spend her money she couldn't pick just one thing!

Bentley did a great job too.  They wanted to race but there was boy with Abby that was struggling a bit and took a few tries and then gave up.  (Sorry these are out of order.  I haven't quite figured out the new blog thing.)





Lenn and the kids' tattoos.





Bentley and his shark from the aquarium.  They were so excited to pick something out and pay for it without asking.

 We had a great time at the aquarium, everyone loved it.  Owen loved the sharks.  There was also a 4D Yogi Bear ride that was really fun.  Bentley, Abby and I rode it while Lenn stayed in the RV with Owen.  It was still raining so hard we didn't want to get Owen out yet and it had moving seats and Lenn was afraid he would be sick for the day!

I cannot say thanks enough so THANK YOU!