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The Denver Zoo during the month of December (when most of the animals are being housed inside) takes a bunch of Christmas lights and shapes them into animals all around the zoo. So the Bockhackers, Johnsons, Nina, myself and my mom visiting from California headed into Denver for New Year’s Eve. As you can imagine seeing lights shaped as animals isn’t as exciting as the actual animals so Nina decided that we needed to strike as many funny poses as we could before the night was over. Afterwards, everyone came back to our house to play some games.

This year we made a decisions to celebrate Christmas in Minnesota with my Dad’s side of the family. This was the very first year that we all were together in Minnesota. It was so great to see everyone and enjoy the time together. But because we were having so much fun, I didn’t think twice about pulling my camera out. So here are just a few pictures from the trip. The day after Christmas the guys went ice fishing. Of course it was freezing and yet Heath was still only wearing a short sleeve short.

I think everyone is aware that I am a huge Christmas fan. Each December I try and pack as many Christmas events as I can from December 1st through the 25th.

The kickoff this year was the Parade of Lights. Jason and Ally called and informed us that each year Denver puts on a Christmas Parade. So we took the lightrail downtown had dinner at Rialto Cafe and found a corner to watch the festivities. After the parade we walked over to the Justice Center to see it all lit up. We had a great time even though it was crazy cold.

24 days to Christmas. That leaves plenty of time for more activities.