Playoff FAIL

This last weekend took us to Denver for what we would like to think of as our "annual" Playoff trip in January. Although, after the changes, and rumors of change that are circulating within the Broncos, I am not so sure this is a trip we will get to make next year. Bummer.

We flew in very early on Saturday morning (because we bought our airfare on sale, long before we knew the date and time of the actual game). Our goal was to entertain ourselves, and more importantly, Taylee, for a few hours and not pester our extended family ALL day long. We found ourselves in downtown by 11:00, so we went for any early lunch at the Paramount Cafe. It was yummy, as all of our meals there have been!

We ran into "RoboBronco" outside of the Paramount Cafe! Taylee wasn't too sure about him, but I have taken photos with him during past visits, and was excited for the opportunity to get a family photo-op

After lunch we took Taylee to the Denver Children's Museum. She was in heaven! We thought she might be disappointed, as it is not as "cool" as Discovery Gateway or the Museum of Natural Curiosity, but she loved it! The activites were simple, but fun, engaging, and messy!

Our little Fire Girl!

Practicing her pet grooming skills. :)

And working on her future veterinary skills, giving this pup his shots...

Even Mommy and Daddy got in on the action in the bubble zone. Kent made some enormous bubbles!!

 

We stepped into the Jungle!

And Taylee and daddy built a rocket ship together!!

We easily wasted away several hours before it was time to head to Aunt Ginger's house to see Grandpa Gene, Garrett, Michelle, and Aden.  We got to enjoy watching some football with them, but were bummed that the Patriots won the playoff game, and are now headed to their 5th AFC Championship Game in a row. Well, if we only knew then that things on the playoff forecast were about to get a lot worse.

After the game we went to Hacienda Colorado to celebrate Grandpa Gene's 80th Birthday! We had a party of 15, including (for posterity's sake) me, Kent, Taylee, mom, dad, Ginger, Garrett, Aden, Michelle, Xavier, Grandpa, Denise, Damion, Zach, and Danny. It was also Denise's birthday, and a nice time to celebrate the recent engagement of Garrett and Michelle! After our dinner we took the whole party back to our hotel to annoy our fellow guests, and we were definitely successful! But, no worries, we stopped the fun by 9:30. With so much to celebrate it was a Happy Everything kind of night!

 

Game day arrived overcast and gloomy. A fitting kind of a day. After dropping Taylee at Garrett's to play with the kids, we headed to the stadium. I was pretty thrilled at the beginning of the game, because they had an F16 Flyover! I always loved the flyover, and it has been years since they have done one! Turns out that was just about the best part of the game. The game speaks for itself, and it wasn't all that fun, with so little to cheer for. :/ I was pretty bummed though, that the crowd booed Peyton Manning. Seriously?! It's no wonder he is considering not returning next year...

Before the game! When we were still happy and excited.

We woke to snow on Monday morning, but had no issues getting to the airport and getting out of town on our early afternoon flight. All in all, we had a nice weekend with our family, a bummer of a game, and can't wait to do it again next year!