The Denver Pop-up Reunion

Enroute to Denver

 These days, there is nothing a Carter loves more than getting together for mini-reunion. Cousin David came up with the moniker 'Pop-Reunion' which is cool so that's what I call them now too.

As per usual, as always sad but necessary, several Carters that wanted to attend had to opt out. So in the end it was David & Cousin-in-lawTom, the San Diego reps, Charlaine and Jonni-ann, the NYC rep Carol and the Fair Oaks rep, 'moi'. We all arrived at the Denver Airport about the same time, greeted by David & Tom. They whisked us to their fantastic Denver home.

Humm I should have called out 'Say Cheese!'

We made ourselves comfortable. We were sorted into rooms because D&T's house has loads of bedrooms. Mine has become the big room off the bigger room in the downstairs basement. I have had lots of happy dreams down there.

When all our luggage & stuff was safely secured in our rooms, there was a cousin drive to a local grocery store so we could stock up on snacks - least we starve to death - and get a few ingredients for dinner.

Wow, grocery shopping can really be a v. fun group activity if you do it right!






 Later we all enjoyed a David/Tom prepared meal, tasty indeed. You may as well know - we Carters love our food! All of our meal, from the lobster Po'boys to the Avocado Cold Soup, it was all homemade & yummy.

We spent the remainder of the day looking over the family album photos that everyone brought, as well as archival items, such as the wedding licenses of our parents, birth and death certificates. We are getting our family history into the archives. Oh, and the blue bags below, are prezzie bags from the boy cuzzies for all of us girl cuzzies - squeee!  

A little sitting and reminiscing 

Posing with Snow Mastodon by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

The next morning began with David & Tom ferrying us about for a spin around Denver to see some sights. We started off near the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Charlaine, Tom, David, Carol, myself and
with a dinosaur in the rear

The dinos by the elevators

Our next stop was at a favorite restaurant of D&T, where we filled a booth and enjoyed hearty breakfasts. Charlaine and I had the classic choice for a Denver breakfast, the Denver Omelette!

Voila! My Denver Omelette in Denver!

Our Denver Pop-up Reunion is off to a great start.