Moore Spring Break!

We got Mom/Grandma all settled into her new place at Cinnamon Park. She has a lovely room with a corner window that has a view of the vegetable garden that will be sprouting soon.

She was welcomed with open arms by both the staff and the residents. They report each day that she is happy and has been really friendly and participates in all of the activities. So far she has been in a bell choir, played word games, watched Mama Mia, attended an ice cream social, helped decorate for Easter and even helped with some office paper work. Today she came over and had brunch and watched General Conference with us.

It was Eric and Hannah's Spring Break this week so we did a couple of fun things with them. We went to the Denver Aquarium and found out that it is a really great place!

The exhibits were really well done and they even had tigers!

Tigers might seem like an odd fit for an aquarium, but they have a huge waterfall and pool for them to play in. They actually like to swim. We didn't get to see them swimming, but we saw a DVD of it and it was fascinating!

Just a cute little fish swimming in a tank. We think it's a Cow Fish. Anybody know for sure?

I think we have a pretty decent camera!

Check out Eric's new hair cut. He looks pretty great! Little sister's pretty great too!

Another day we went to Estes Park and took the world famous "Ghost Tour" in the Stanley Hotel. It was sooooo scary!

We are smiling now, but this was the beginning of the tour. We ran from the place screaming in horror! It is the MOST HAUNTED HOTEL IN NORTH AMERICA!!! (proven on "Ghost Hunters.")

This is the 1898 Steinway Grand Piano that John Phillips Sousa tuned and that Mrs. Stanley plays at night. Many guests have reported the music playing in the middle of the night. They asked if anyone in our tour played the piano and Mike stepped up. They were surprised to say the least when he broke into a concerto! I think even old Mrs. Stanley liked it. She's been dead for quite some time now.

This is the room that Stephen King stayed in and received his inspiration for "The Shining." He reportedly saw two little kids playing up on the 4th floor when he and his wife were the only people staying in the hotel.

Jim Carrey stayed in this room----for about two hours. He went to the front desk and checked out saying that he would stay anywhere, even a Holiday Inn, but get him out of this Hotel. To this day, he supposedly won't talk about what happened in Room 217.

Room 418 is the most haunted room in the hotel.

This picture was taken in the "tunnel" underneath the Hotel. The tour guide asked everyone to take three flash pictures into this cave area. She said that everyone of them would come out different--some of them would have "orbs" and some would not. Eric took our three pictures and two of the three showed orbs--the little round ghost circles. He was dubbed the Orb Master by our "fun" tour guide (which is code for really scary.)

This is the Grand Staircase of the Stanley Hotel. Remember the end scene from "Dumb and Dumber?" It was actually filmed at this hotel on this staircase and in the bar and not in Aspen. Mrs. Stanley herself guided the tour after ours!

We made it out alive.....but where is Nancy????

The gorgeous view of the Rocky Mountains from the front porch of the Hotel.

The "Overlook Hotel" from "The Shining"

After that harrowing experience we had to do something to de-stress, so what better than chocolate at Laura's Fudge Shop? We had decadent chocolate, caramel apples, fudge, and pecan- caramel chocolate chip cookies!

Well, Spring Break is over for another year. It was the best Spring Break EVER!!! Just ask Eric and Hannah.