My parents flew up to spend Christmas with us, since we didn't know early on if I would have vacation days or not. They arrived just in time for the huge blizzard that hit Denver the week before Christmas. I had those 2 days off of work, and Mom and Dad ended up staying overnight at our apartment. (All the restaurants were closed due to the blizzard and their hotel started selling Healthy Choice frozen meals for $6, so they joined us to partake of our stocked fridge/freezer thanks to the Grocery Game!) Jon created a yummy quiche and also made chicken quesadillas, we ate lots of Driscoll's raspberries and yummy clementines, watched the weather reports on tv, worked on a puzzle, and played outside in the snow with our neighbors. A fun blizzard experience!
Christmas day was full of the usual fun things - orange rolls (from the can) and opening presents. We enjoyed opening all the fun and thoughtful gifts. We had a great day and appreciate all the wonderful gifts we received! We made the traditional Christmas (late) lunch - baked chicken, Stovetop stuffing, Grandma's gravy, sweet potatoes, Taylor's salad, brocolli, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Yummers!
Christmas evening we drove to the Denver Zoo for ZooLights. The month of December the Denver Zoo decorates for Christmas with tons of lights - many in the shape of animals! They also have a soundtrack of Christmas songs with animal sounds (especially monkeys) added in. It was a ton of fun! Most of it is outside, but you also get to wander through the indoor hippo area (stinky!) and the giraffe area (cute baby giraffes!). Jon and I bought a monkey cookie cutter and Daddy bought the soundtrack to the animal-enhanced Christmas songs.
My parents flew up to spend Christmas with us, since we didn't know early on if I would have vacation days or not. They arrived just in time for the huge blizzard that hit Denver the week before Christmas. I had those 2 days off of work, and Mom and Dad ended up staying overnight at our apartment. (All the restaurants were closed due to the blizzard and their hotel started selling Healthy Choice frozen meals for $6, so they joined us to partake of our stocked fridge/freezer thanks to the Grocery Game!) Jon created a yummy quiche and also made chicken quesadillas, we ate lots of Driscoll's raspberries and yummy clementines, watched the weather reports on tv, worked on a puzzle, and played outside in the snow with our neighbors. A fun blizzard experience!
Christmas day was full of the usual fun things - orange rolls (from the can) and opening presents. We enjoyed opening all the fun and thoughtful gifts. We had a great day and appreciate all the wonderful gifts we received! We made the traditional Christmas (late) lunch - baked chicken, Stovetop stuffing, Grandma's gravy, sweet potatoes, Taylor's salad, brocolli, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Yummers! 
Christmas evening we drove to the Denver Zoo for ZooLights. The month of December the Denver Zoo decorates for Christmas with tons of lights - many in the shape of animals! They also have a soundtrack of Christmas songs with animal sounds (especially monkeys) added in. It was a ton of fun! Most of it is outside, but you also get to wander through the indoor hippo area (stinky!) and the giraffe area (cute baby giraffes!). Jon and I bought a monkey cookie cutter and Daddy bought the soundtrack to the animal-enhanced Christmas songs.
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