Denver Adventure Week 7

There are two BYU interns at Western Union this summer, Devon and Dominic. Dominic's family was out of town, so Devon invited him over for dessert Friday night. We had a good time getting to know him better. He was even nice enough to bring the dessert. It reminded me of the time we invited some neighbors over for dinner and they insisted on bringing the turkey.

Saturday, Western Union had their annual summer picnic at Elitch Gardens, the local amusement park.

It was kind of a rough day. This was our first amusement park with West and we both had different expectation on how it would go. We thought there would be more we could ride on as a family, but there were only two rides we could all go on:

The Tower, which did have some beautiful views of the city...

And the Carousel...

West loved the Carousel, so it made me really excited to take him to Disneyland.

I spent the rest of the day riding a few rides while Devon stayed with the baby (his choice, not mine). While I was standing in line for my last ride of the day, it closed due to lightening. I wanted to leave, but Devon wanted to stay, because if the rides are shut down for more than 90 minutes, you get a return voucher. While we were waiting to see if the lightening would linger, we ran into Devon's boss and her family.

Her son shared his newly won Smurf with West...

Fortunately, the rides stayed closed for at least 90 minutes, so we received vouchers to come back any time this summer!

The day may not have gone as planned, but at least get to try again another day (hopefully when grandma's in town!)