Meet Dakota.

Mallory recently switched to a different horse at Independence Farms.  Her new rides name is Dakota and she loves him.  She is so eager to ride him each week.  And the best part?   He trots.  How cool is that? It's such a shame that winter break is coming and we will have to wait till spring to ride again.

Doctor's Visit

We finally made it to the Children's Hospital for Mallory's appointment.

Mallory checked herself in at the Registration Desk.

She waited patiently in the waiting room.

She grabbed on to a set of exam gloves as soon as we walked into the exam room. 

Listened to her Ipod.

Our visit with Dr. Elias and Dr. Munro went well.
It's always encouraging to talk with specialists that "get" Smith Magenis Syndrome.

Joe's Crab Shack

We had the opportunity to meet my Aunt Arlene for lunch before Mallory's doctor's appointment. 

My mom had not eaten at Joe's Crab Shack
before so that was our choice.

Mallory really enjoyed her time with her Great-Aunt.

The hostess at Joe's Crab Shack let Mallory
work for a little while.

Mallory even came away with an awesome shirt.

Dinosaur Ridge

Near Red Rock Amphitheatre, there  is a mountain side exhibit called Dinosaur Ridge.

It is the most impressive Dinosaur exhibits that I have seen.

Red Rock Amphitheatre

Before Mallory's appointment, we went and toured Red Rocks Amphitheatre.  The Zac Brown Band was packing up after having concerts the previous two nights.

Visiting LoDo.

When we made it to Denver, it was cloudy, rainy, dreary.
You could barely see the foothills, let alone any mountains.
We ended up heading into Downtown Denver (LoDo).

There is a lot of quirky, cool artwork.

Mallory with a painted bull.

Mallory playing on one of the many painted pianos.

Posing with a herd of bison.

We were disappointed that we missed out on a mountain view.
(I mean, geesh, who drives 6+ hours to Colorado and doesn't want to see mountains?)
But on the brighter side, we did have a lot of fun in LoDo.

Quick Stop in Limon.