Thursday, April 9, 2015

Hudson Gardens


Ross's parents got tickets to Hudson Gardens over the holidays. They have a holiday lights display. I love to take pictures of holiday lights so here are a bunch, and yes, I know they are not in focus! Holiday Bokeh at its best:)

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Zoey the Baker

Zoey took the initiative in all of our holiday baking... here are a few more of her just getting things done.

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Downtown Denver

One of the days during Christmas Break, we decided to head to Downtown Denver for a couple of things...

I first wanted to check out their ChristKindl Market. The ones in Germany are such a fond memory, and I had read about Denver's being good and somewhat authentic feeling... Well, authentic is not the word I would use, but it was nice to see. I wouldn't go again though.

Here's a picture from the Beer garden (tent).
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My memories of Germany are a little fairytale-like... And it's possible I could be remembering it falsely, but I remember once in high school, it was dark, and cold, and you could smell the chestnuts roasting and the gluh wein and it actually started snowing... So anyway, my family is a good sport in trying to find all things authentic German (I have made them go to various restaurants/events) and well, I am always disappointed...the search continues...

We also went to the Tattered Cover Bookstore in an old building downtown... bookstores are always a hit with Max.
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And then we headed to the redone Union Station... It was lovely inside. We had already eaten at the German Market, but next time, it would be fun to eat there.

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Baking Cookies

I have to finish up my 2014 pictures, so I am taking it back a bit. Zoey loves to do holiday baking... it is usually the only time we do it, so she got a Christmas Cookie recipe magazine for St. Nicholas day and planned it out!

Max helped with the sprinkles, but beyond that and eating the cookies, he would rather not partake.

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We wanted to try quite a few recipes, so we actually made a bunch of half batches and spread it out over a couple of days! fun and yum!

Saturday, March 7, 2015

San Diego Pictures, 2

Here we go with some more...

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Probably my favorite of her for the day:
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My Max fav:
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Zoey does a good job of taking our picture too... she just doesn't stop clicking!!
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San Diego was lovely...
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