Happy St. Patty's Day to YOU!

Looking cool today in his new shades!

What a beautiful St. Patrick's Day in Denver! Gavin and I just returned from the Zoo. It was beyond crowded! I guess everyone had the same thought I did, nice weather = Zoo time. We stayed about 2 1/2 hours and were ready to hit the road. We saw pretty much every animal we could except the Lions and Tigers. For some reason we skipped right over those. Oh well.

Gavin's cool fro'

Our St. Patty's day started on Saturday actually. With me bullying Greg into going downtown for the parade. The very first time Greg and I have ever gone to it. Yes, I even lived downtown for awhile and yet, never once made the parade! It was once again a beautiful day and Gavin had a ton of fun. He actually got to have his very first sucker. Special day indeed! We stayed almost 2 hours and it may have been half over- it is a very long parade. Gavin was very fascinated with all the motorcycles (of course) and old cars. He got a little afraid of the red headed leprechauns and the giant clown looking thing (see pics). I don't blame him, I am not a fan of clowns either. I got a little afraid of the steer that were in the line-up with no real way to keep them in line. Those cowboys must be really good. We are definitely putting this on our yearly calender- next year we are just going to make others go with us & come decked out in green.

Greg's birthday was great. He got every thing he wanted..........food wise! Steak, taters and asparagus with chocolate covered strawberries for desert. Gavin had his first one that night and you can tell by the pictures that it was VERY MESSY. Overall I think it was a good birthday for him and he is now finally my age! Yea!

Hope everyone has a safe and fun St. Patty's day & got out to enjoy the weather. One more day of nice before the snow comes in!