For President's Day weekend, we visited Lauren and Tommy in Denver.
These photos were all taken in their rented home in the Historic Baker neighborhood.
They just bought a house in the Rosedale neighborhood, which they are moving into as I write.
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| Valentines elves at work |
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| For V-day, the boys each got a little box with animal erasers in them. |
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| To his dismay, Zeal's plunked his donkey eraser into whipped cream (next to his Valentine-Raspberry pancake). |
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| Hiking before the weather suddenly turned crisp and snowy. |
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| Real men hike with diaper bags. |
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| Lauren and Avery running and sparing with sticks. |
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| Hanson hiking, at this stage of our lives, always ends like this. |
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| Oh, the thin air and whining sounds; look how the parents smile through gritted teeth. |
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| Post-hike lunch and ice cream. |
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| We visited Alexander, Veronica, and Sophia in their colorful home in Niwot. |
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| They served the kids black beans. |
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| We visited Lauren and Tommy Shuler in Boulder. They met our Lauren and Tommy over soup and tea. |
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| And the Shulers happen to have rubber duckies. And an incredible collection of lego sets. |
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| Denver got snow! |
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| Outside the beautiful REI overlooking the Platte River. |
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| When traveling, kids can apparently can nap any which way. |
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Our last day, we entertained ourselves while the Drakes were at work.
This is the renovated train station, which is filled with chic cafes and shops. |
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| We visited the Denver Children's Museum. The boys were firefighters and then engineers. |
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| Zeal snow gazing during a diaper change. |
Goodbye, Lauren and Tommy. We already miss you two.
