It's Gwyn's Turn

 We're pretty early risers so had decided the night before to get up about 6am and head to Denver in order to miss the morning rush hour traffic!  Don't get me wrong, there is STILL traffic that time of the morning but it wasn't bad and we always get off on the toll road right as we enter Denver.  Even though we have to pay the tolls, it's so much less traffic that way so makes it worth it!

Jessi and Gwyn were waiting for us!  I had decided earlier to take Jessi out for breakfast for her birthday so Glenn stayed with Gwyn and we headed to La Peep!  They have such a nice menu and even have special coffee so we didn't need to go elsewhere for that!

We both shared a yummy crepe filled with ham and veggies and a fancy french toast!  It was a great time to catch up and enjoy each others' company!

Gwyn was READY to go by the time we got back so we headed home!  Always a long drive for a little one!  And we spent the rest of the day playing together inside and outside!

Pancakes were on the menu for breakfast - this girl is ALWAYS all smiles!

Papa was being silly!

Gwyn decided she wanted a chef salad - ha!  Papa was picking lettuce to take to the organic store!

Friday morning we headed into the Dinosaur Resource Center!

The outside dinosaurs are always a hit!  We went right when it opened so it wasn't very busy!

Checking out those teeth!

This one was one of her favorites - don't ask me its' name - I'm really not into dinosaurs!

The last room you walk into is the "ocean" room - she loved this huge set of jaws!

Of course you ALWAYS have to walk through the gift store when you exit!  Gwyn looked and looked and finally ended up with a darling pink t-shirt and a small dinosaur to use in the hot tub!

After the museum we headed to McDonalds - once again the parking lot was full but you couldn't even park there if you wanted to because the drive up lanes were backed up through the lot!  We parked way over to the side and walked in - unfortunately it's not a fun experience there any more - you can't sit inside - they REQUESTED that we order on the kiosk but I said no, I wanted to order in person!  The wait was SO long - but at least they had what we wanted!  It took FOREVER to get our smoothies and french fries but I do feel sorry for them.  They desperately need help so don't have enough workers and every time we drive by, the line is LONG!  It's just a shame that nobody wants to work any more!

We headed back to our car and drove to the Divide Park to eat our fries!  By this time, Woodland Park and the traffic were getting bad (all the campers heading west) so we were glad to get back home!

 A great day spent with Gwyn!!  With more to come....