Yesterday morning we, or I, was up early to get Jag moving so he could head out to basketball practice at 7. He’s so excited to be working his way back into practice. We picked him up at 11:15 and then headed home where he sort of quickly cleaned up so we could all go to Denver. We decided to go down and try to get some Christmas shopping done. About two hours later (we had to stop and wash the car in Evergreen) we pulled into Cherry Creek Mall.
Unbeknownst to us, they had all kinds of festivities going on to kick off the holiday season. There were these 4 girls on electric violins and a cello playing rock tunes like Guns and Roses and Led Zepplin through amplifiers that were amazing. Lori and I had seen them at various events around town before and they’re great. There were Victorian dressed people on stilts, a woman who was some sort of gymnast who scaled ribbons hanging from the ceiling doing acrobatics and more. It was really festive and fun. We managed to get Robin and Robert done as well as found a few things for ourselves, well, at least for Lori, Jag and Ty, (poor me).
Around 5 when we were thinking of heading up the hill we decided to eat first. We walked into one of our favorite restaurants and luckily got a booth for dinner. Outside were carolers singing away as they were minutes from lighting the 100 foot tall tree. We splurged on lobster, crab, mac and cheese, escargot and other delicacies before finishing up around 6:30. By 8:15 we were home. It was a really fun family day.
Today we’re off to the gym and then need to try to clean some stuff up around here once again. It’s a futile exercise as we just don’t have any room. Oh well, we’ll figure something out. It’s clear up here with a beautiful blue sky against the crisp white snow covering the ground. It sure looks like Christmas! So, that’s it, the holiday week is here, except for Lori and I that still have to work.
Jag has practice Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and then games a week from Monday and Wednesday, both out of town in Denver which we’ll miss, and then Friday and Saturday, December 1st and 2nd up here. December 4th I’m off to Dallas and then I think Vegas and New York the week after before I’m done. Lots going on as usual. Have a great day and God Bless and Happy Thanskgiving.
