Friday, July 15, 2011

Summer Vacation

For the first time in years we took a family vacation (all 5 of us)! We drove 18 hours to Meeker, Colorado for a family reunion. The girls were amazing on the drive. Minimal crying and whining. Although, that was helped greatly by the DVD player and new toys. Meeker is a beautiful little town in NW Colorado on the edge of the mountains. We enjoyed shootin' and fishin' and a parade and swimming and horse back riding and kittens and foals and mosquito bites galore! The girls' cousins (Kyna and Anneke) were able to visit too, so they got some great cousin bonding time. We all had so much fun together and really enjoyed our time. Here are some pictures of our trip:

Papa and G'ma with their girls
 Papa and Jillian (look at those eyes - so happy!)
 The "Best Cousins Club"
 Waiting for the most patriotic parade I've been to in quite a while
 They only caught crawdads, but they still had so much fun!
 Ella with the new baby kitten
 Isn't it beautiful out there? Ella riding Ham (yes that's his name!)
 Such complete JOY on her face! I love it!

We are so grateful we were able to go to Meeker. And I'm even more grateful that the girls were amazing. I was prepared for 2 days driving with whining and crying and tantrums ... but there were none! What a great vacation and time spent together!

1 comment:

Outside the Pumpkin Shell said...

What a beautiful, wonderful time!