Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Denver Botanic Gardens in Chatfield

Last Friday was a free day at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Chatfield. These gardens are different than the ones we went to with Grandmother. These gardens are in, well, they are in Chatfield CO, hence their name.

Elianna and I went with a friend, Lisa and her 3 kiddos, Gillian, Josh and Jack. We were all a bit disappointed by the lack of garden. It was more of a farm / wilderness that you could wander around while in the heat of Summer. At one point, we were looking for some lakes and the kids were getting hyper saying this (the walking) was never ending, etc etc. We stopped to rest and began messing with the kids saying we were going to have to camp here and hunt for food and hopefully we had enough water and on and on. Her kids are so funny and were totally into that so Josh began collecting wood for a fire and Gillian started hunting for big logs to make a "tent" out of. They were too much! We pretty much called it a day after that and we never found the lakes.

Lisa is a phenomenal photographer! You will definitely be able to tell the difference between our pictures, but will still let you know which ones I snagged from her FB.



Fun tree house



Tree house


Gillian showing off some slime (or algae as she demanded it be called) in the "pond"

Checking out the goat




Photos below courtesy of Lisa

Gillian, Josh and Jack









Josh building our fire

Josh was tired and laid down so Elianna went to rub his back and comfort him

See didn't I tell you she is an amazing photographer?!  I'm hoping to have her take Elianna's birthday pictures this year!

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