Two Days Before

Monday, Dec 8.  Joe had to take an early morning math test (6:40 a.m. to be exact.)  Dave took him to school and went on to do some work.  I took Ben to school and said goodbye to him for a week.  Then I met Joe at his high school.  We touched base with the counselor and with the school nurses.

Joe and I came home and packed.  While I finished up packing and Dave finished up working, Joe played some soccer.

Here we are all loaded up - dog and all - ready to go to Denver (after dropping the dog off of course.)

A favorite place to eat is LarkBurger in Edwards.  We had to make that stop as it really blesses Joe.

Along the way, we always see this waterfall.  It was a little frozen this time.

Traffic wasn't too too bad as we approached Denver.  We arrived at our Springhill Suites and found out we were on the "Executive Floor."  I'm sure it has something to do with the number of nights we are staying and the number of rooms we have.  But still, pretty nice "perk."  We have to put our key in the elevator to get to the 4th floor.  Here is the hotel and the room.

First order of business  - where to eat?  Joe would have liked Cracker Barrel and Dave would have liked Dave and Busters but both were at least 30 to 40 minutes away.  We decided on a local family-owned restaurant with good Trip Advisor reviews called Lupitas.  They served Mexican food as well as steaks and burgers.  The family who owns it are from Peru.  It was good.  I even had a drink.

We got back to our rooms and Dave went to work on an order for a large job in Ignacio.  He and Joe are now watching "Scorpion" which all of us really enjoy.  I am updating this blog and my Facebook and my Care Pages.  Ben has been texting me all about how he is teaching Caleb (age 6) about apoapsis and periapsis and aero dynamics and thrust, mass  and density.    It's all involved in a "flying game" on Ben's computer.  Then Caleb must have wanted to play hide and seek as Ben sent me this photo.

#lazyHideandSeek

Ben said he was using the camera to look behind the couch so he didn't have to stand up.  Lol.

Tomorrow we pick up Teresa at 7:45 a.m. and we have our pre-op appointment at 11:45 a.m.  We are all pretty light-hearted and ready to go. Thanks for praying!