Family Stay-cation

In February, we had planned a family stay-cation in Denver. We had two birthday parties in Denver to go to so we decided to make a weekend out of it!

Our boys love hotels! This is the first thing they did when we got to the hotel!

So glad we came all the way up to Denver for vacation and just watch TV in bed lol. That coziness didn't last too long before we were ready to go to the hotel pool. We all got in our swimsuits and piled on the elevator. A man asked us where we where going and we said swimming at the hotel pool. He gave us a funny look and said, 'hmmm that's weird, I've stayed here a lot and have never seen a pool'. As we exited the elevator, there was a party going on in the lobby that we all walked through in our swimsuits. We kindly asked the front desk if they had a pool and she explained that they have an outdoor one that is closed for the season. Oops....BUT she said that they have a hot tub outside that is up and running. We were grateful for that! The boys didn't seem to mind and we all had a lot of fun swimming in the hot tub 3 more times that weekend!

The next morning we headed to the Denver Aquarium to pass some time before one of the bday parties. We got there a little early so we took a walk along the stream nearby.

The Denver Aquarium!

We had a great time. It was exactly what we needed after tearing out all the tile and having a busy schedule leading up to this weekend.

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