An Anniversary Date With Dinos

8 years has gone by in a blink of an eye!

And while, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science isn't the moooost romantic place to celebrate the milestone, we approached it with a great sense of humor about where we have come as a couple and family since August 11, 2001!

We were really impressed with the size and scope of the dino exhibit, especially one which was made of 80 percent actual fossils ad the other 20 percent were created in an on-site lab.

This Dino was giiii-nooormous. They had a chart to measure yourself against the dinosaur. Landon came up to his foot. I was up to his ankle. Can you imagine? I don't think you can tell but the tail goes to the upper left hand corner of this picture!

There was also a Human Body Exhibit. We were able to put on coats, gloves and glasses (actually were were required to)...and walked through a step by step process to collect cells from the inside of our cheek and look at them under a microscope. Landon wasn't that interested in this, but Carlos was into hamming it up.

What Landon WAS interested in were the hearts. In his hand in the picture below he was holding an actual sheep heart cut in half. Cold, a big squish and generally rather 'ick'.

We also were able to watch an IMAX under water movie which was pretty fascinating.

After leaving the museum we drove 2 hours to Beaver Creek and checked into the Beaver Creek Lodge.

This little community is gorgeous. Very charming and family friendly. I already know I'm going to wish we had more time here.

Here's an annual family Anniversary picture taken in the Village at Beaver Creek, CO. Temperatures overnight in the mid-40's...but at dinner time around mid-60's.

If you want to see last year's anniversary picture, click on older posts and look under August 2008.