The Duvall's arrived in Denver on Wednesday evening and the adventures in Colorado began!
Mollie, Aubri, Chris and I went to the
King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. It was so neat to see 3,000 year old artifacts and to get to see such a well-known exhibit.
The little house on Lincoln Street was full on Christmas morning. This is a photo of Aubri with her gift from us, it's a Hallmark book that you read to the little puppy, and the puppy interacts with the story! I was so excited to give it to her, I kept playing with it in the days before she arrived in Denver!
Hallmark gift #2 went to Alayna, a recorded storybook of "The Christmas Story." Chris and I recorded our voices reading the story to her. It was really neat!
Papa receiving lots of grand-daughter love on Christmas morning.
A very full living room...
Our little house decorated up for Christmas!
Monday we toured the
Hammond's Candy Factory in Denver. They make candy canes and other holiday treats for Williams Sonoma, and have been picked by Oprah and Martha Stewart as "favorites." It was really neat to see how all the holiday candy is made! And of course, we enjoyed the samples.
This is a blurry photo of ribbon candy cooling...
After the Hammond's tour, we toured the
Celestial Seasonings factory in Boulder, Colorado. We weren't allowed to take photos, so I just have a couple quick shots. Celestial Seasonings is the largest producer of packaged teas in the world, and they are best known for their "Sleepytime" tea. Every box of tea has custom illustration/artwork by an international artist. Our favorite part of the tour was the "Mint Room" where they keep mint for flavoring tea. It has to be stored separate otherwise it will flavor the other herbs and seasonings in the factory. Being in the room really clears your sinuses!
