Aaron had a 2nd week of paternity leave from work, so we took a road trip across Kansas to Denver, Colorado.We thought 12 hrs in the car with 3 kids would be disastrous, but they did GREAT! A portable dvd player, color wonder markers, some 99 cent stretchy frogs, a baggie of polly pockets and a few of our favorite cds did their magic. We really enjoyed our time in the car together.
We visited:
-my parents, who are serving as LDS missionaries in Denver
-My brother, Scott, his wife Kristie
-several of my cousins live in the Denver area, and two of them had babies around the same time I did. We all got together to celebrate the blessing of Baby Jack (left). He is one month older than Corbin. Sophia (right) is 2 weeks younger than Corbin (middle).
My sister, HolleeAnn flew out to see us and join the party! (did you and I really not take any photos together? I guess one of us was always the one behind the camera!)We Enjoyed:
-Marshmallow stars and Fireworks
-Playing with the endless supply of presents from the pink suitcase (thanks, Auntie!)
-Pet Goldfish
-Swimming
-Carebears and the Brain Quiz game on Auntie HolleeAnn's Nintendo DS...and I hope to hold the high score of 1167 for awhile.
-getting to know Lacey
-the sand park by Grandma and Pumpkin's houseWe went to:
-The Children's Discovery Museum
-The Denver Zoo
-The Littleton Historical Museum
-The Rockies GameWe Ate:
-Homemade granola (recipe coming soon!)
-Penne Rosa from Noodles & Company
-spinach & honeydew smoothies from Dad's vitamix-totally weird, but the kids loved them!
-Culvers!!!
-zucchini from our garden-we took 2 bags full to share and still came home to the motherload
-Spitz...HolleeAnn you were right-BEST sunflower seeds EVAH!
-too many cherries (so stinky, who knew?)
Many posts to come, but I didn't want time to slip by and not post SOMEthing to document our fun week together.
6 comments:
Great pix! Glad the drive wasn't too bad.
This will make a drive to Dallas seem like nothin'!
Glad you had such a great visit. We're jealous! We miss Scott! As usual, your kids are freakin adorable and I want socks like Sophia. I'm excited about the granola recipe.
I love all of the pictures. We had such a good time with you all. Thanks so much for coming our way. I'm so glad that you had a good time. - mom
It looks like y'all are having a lot of fun! I love the pictures of the new cousins. You will have to try to get pictures of the 3 of them everytime they get together to see them through the years! Kate will have 4 new cousins this year!
Looks like you had so much fun! Such cute babies.
How fun! Glad you got to spend time with your parents and family.
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