Memorial Day Weekend

This past weekend, Jalayne's brother Devan and his wife Treasa, came out from Utah to visit us. We had a lot of fun activities that we did. One of them was taking a tour of Hammond's Candy Factory. They make candy canes, taffy, and other hard candy.


We also went to the Denver Botanic Gardens. Here they have tons of different flower gardens from different areas of the world. We had never been before.

Hailey and Douglas taking a walk through a bamboo path.



There was a very cool iris garden. Lots of colors that we had never seen in an iris before.



Hailey had such a fun time with her Uncle Devan and Aunt Treasa. She was quite sad when they had to leave. On Memorial Day, we went to an early matinee of the movie "How to Train Your Dragon." Hailey actually did pretty well sitting through it. After, we went to a family picnic before taking them to the airport. Thanks for coming to visit us guys. We had fun!!

Mile High Teacher of the Year

Last month, Douglas recieved an honor and was recognized as the Mile High Teacher of the Year for his school. This recipient was chosen by a vote by his collegues. There was a ceremony, downtown, to honor all Mile High Teachers. The mayor was there and Douglas had his picture taken with him. He also recieved a nice paper weight. This will definitely look good on his resume. The dress that Hailey is wearing was supposed to be her next Christmas dress, but she fits into it now!

After the ceremony, we all went to Maggiano's for a celebration dinner.