A Day with Grandma Jane

Today Uncle Seth, Grandma Jane and the Thornbrue bunch had a brand new adventure. Thanks to Seth's expertise, we were able to take the Light Rail (train) to downtown Denver. The kids got to put money in the machine and buy their own tickets. We went to "Confluence Park", where the South Platte River and Cherry Creek come together. There are river trails, a bridge, places to wade and play in water, shade, and even some little rapids where people practice kyaking and rafting. You can rent bikes there and there are food vendors too. The kids lathered up with sun screen. The kids enjoyed the train ride and switched seat frequently, but Grace was intimidated by the openness and lack of seatbelts. We went to Union Station, and set out on foot from there to the park. It was a quick walk and very fun. We had lunch in the shade, and the kids like wading, and wished they had their bathing suits. Tessa even found some kind of clam shell. It (the shell) got placed in a plastic bag with some goldfish crackers and Ben accidently put it in his mouth with a handful of crackers and almost broke a tooth on it. We had to pull the kids out of the water and we all dried off on the walk back to the train station. Next time we'll bring parents and bathing suits.

After we got home we went to the Library and collect prizes for their summer reading program. The prizes were tickets to the major theme park in Denver kind of like Six Flags. Their favorite thing to do at the library are to look at there amazing collection of pop-up books. During dinner, Grace fell asleep in Aunt Molly's arms, but the rest of the kids went with Grandma Jane and Papa Randy to a nearby park for one last round of play before baths and bedtime.

Confluence Park - Denver, Colorado from randy guthrie on Vimeo.