Another thing we did that we oddly have no photos of is that on Tuesday, we drove to Estes Park to take a tour of the Stanley hotel. It is the location of several movies including a part of the Shining. And it's where Stephen King stayed when he got inspired to write the book .
We had hoped to eat there too, but by the time the tour ended, the restaurant had stopped serving lunch. Boo.
The final day is the day of presentations. This year, Judge Dave again kept copious notes of each presentation. Presenters were judged on presentation, attitude, cleverness and other important skills.
Here Zoe is sharing her initial which she decorated during the week.
Also not pictured this week was a heinous couple of hours when we played with the Bean Boozled. These are jelly bellies of the more horrific flavors including vomit, dog food, rotten fish, etc. There was a ton of laughing, lots of spitting out partially chewed jelly bellies, and scraping of tongues. It was a tie in my opinion that the worst was the dog food and the vomit. The rotten fish was pretty awful too.
And here she is sharing what she learned, did, and hopes to do in the future with the audience.
A depiction of our time at the Stanley, plus a chicken she colored.
Mom's presentation started with the sharing of her colored peacock. She engaged the audience well.
Some of her clever depictions of what she did during the week. This shows her flying into Denver (flights were delayed a lot both arriving and leaving).
Rachel also gave an engaging presentation.
Wow, that's a nice face! Happy to know that at times I actually look like that! Yikes.
Here is my initial and one for Dave that were decorated during the week.
Because Michaels did not have enough books, I used open pages in my memory book from two years before.
We also walked on Pearl Street mall one day (after the rock club) and had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Here is my depiction of this event.
And while I was not there, this is my vision of the girls hiking in Eldorado with Dave that morning.
Hannah drew the straw that enabled her to present last. Here she is describing her week.
Hannah's presentation was multi-media including sharing of the pimple popping soda she bought on Pearl Street the day before. While a super gross label, it tasted sort of like cream soda with the aftertaste of perfume. :/
Hannah is sharing her initial decoration....
Finally, prizes were distributed. Rachel won for an excellent first time presenting. She was awarded a lovely bag with a dog on it.
The judge was impressed with Zoe's presentation. As a result, she was awarded a lovely bag from our fierce judge Dave.
I was awarded a beanie baby for my cartoons.
Mom was singled out for having the most decorated letter 'E'. She also received a lovely travel bag with some birds on it.
And it should come as no surprise that Hannah too was awarded a very important prize of a lovely bag (which a chihuahua on it) for her multimedia presentation (drink, music, and drawings).
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