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It has been a looong time since we've been to Elitch's, so when we heard Hubby's work was renting it out for the night we were pretty excited.  This was D, M, and N's first visit and they loved it.  We stayed until N was literally crying she was so tired.  I couldn't believe my 8-year-old and 6-year-old braved the Boomerang coaster and Brain Drain with their daddy.  I was more than happy to go on the littler rides with my younger children.  Tea cups are more my speed when it's past bedtime.  lol.  Our last trip to Denver for the month was for the Rockies fireworks game the children have been looking forward to all summer.   We love being able to go on the field and sit on a blanket with an amazing fireworks show to watch after a year's best plays video.  We had a harder time getting there than usual.  Friday we got a flat tire on the mini van and N and I spent almost all afternoon in the tire store lobby.  There was a nail by ...

 All 4 of the children began a new round of swim lessons this fall.  K and N continue were they learned but D and M decided to give the local rec center a try instead.  (They haven't taken lessons for a while.)  D would rather play than learn but M absolutely loves her lessons.  She feels like they are much more fun and less work than where she started.  We also really lucked out because there was only one other student in her class and he didn't come half the time.  So during the month of September M had 4 lessons with one other student and 4 private lessons for a grand total of $32.  I guess the rec center caught on that isn't a great way to make money & they canceled the class for October.  We signed her up for November and are crossing our fingers they get the 3 students they need to start up again.  As for N, she loves being with her friends for another semester and K is rocking learning new skills preparing her for the butte...