On Tuesday evening at about 1:00 am our black Toyota Camry rolled into the garage with 3 sleeping children in jammies & a very tired Mom & Dad. It was good to be home again...I don't remember the last time I slept so soundly...boy was it nice. And I had to actually wake the kids up at 9:15 the next morning...I definitely know that has never happened!! I guess that's what happens when we eat a McDonald's dinner at 9:30 pm & the kids don't fall asleep in the car until 11:00 pm.As always we had a very fun & eventful vacation. Some of the highlights of our trip were:
*arriving to Denver with a sick 21 month old
*taking a tour of the candy factory with Gma & the kids (actually, the highlight was the candy store at the end, where the kids all picked out lollipops & candy....Yum)
*going to the train store where Cayden ran down the store aisle, fell flat on his face, & ended up with 2 really nasty rug burns on his elbow & knee. I'm pretty sure the owner thought we would sue her...as she was really, really nice & brought out lots of neosporin & bandaids. Poor kid.
*going to the Garden of the Gods with the kids on Father's Day. Cayden actually loved it & wanted to climb on the rocks. Daddy decided it was a fabulous idea to take Mom (well equipped with heeled flip flops, a camera, & a heavy 21 month old child), a 4 year old girl in crocs who, lets be honest here, is pretty much in la la land most of the time, & a 5 year old who bounces across the rocks with no fear. We got a little way up the mountain, along with 30 other people, when a park ranger came along to tell us that we were not allowed to climb in this spot. To be honest, I was quite thankful that he came along!! I'm sure we looked like a sight, and definitely like tourists!! A kind Grandma offered to hold Kamryn while Eric helped me & the kids get down...which I'm sure wasn't too pretty!! It was a beautiful sight with all of the red rocks...& it was cool to see climbers way on top of the mountains. On our hike back the kids got really tired...so Eric ended up carrying both Cayden & Addyson. And they are not light children by any means. I really thought Eric was going to pass out!! The funny part was that while we were all heave hoing up the hill Kamryn was chilling out in her stroller, sucking her thumb, with her legs crossed like a little lady. Several passersby got quite a chuckle out of seeing her!
*catching up with family & friends that we haven't seen in a long time *eating s'mores & playing baseball with Grandma & Grandpa
*Cayden & Addyson spending hours playing with Daddy's old lego sets. They had sooo much fun playing with Daddy's old toys!
*attempting to drive to the mountains to see Uncle Don & Auntie Carol...Addyson all of a sudden started projectile vomiting in the back seat of the car 1/2 way there. Good times I tell ya. We had to get off the highway, pull her out of the car & strip her down, clean up the car seat as best we could...meanwhile Cayden is exclaiming in the back seat "It reaks back here!", like he's going to die!! We ended up going back home & never made it to Don & Carol's house. Eric did get to clean the entire car when we got back though...fun stuff! She must have gotten car sick...which I don't really blame her, as we were in the car pretty much nonstop the whole week!
*enjoying a family wedding & Great Grandma & Grandpa's 60th wedding anniversary party
*enjoying the cousins playing together. Cayden & Addyson had so much fun with their cousins, especially Sydney. Whenever we were together they just ran off and played the whole time together. It was so great to see them having fun together! And Kamryn loved her little cousin, Gavin, too!!
*visiting the Cheyenne Zoo in Colorado Springs. This zoo was in the mountains & so cool...the view was amazing!! We got to feed the giraffes, ride a little train, pet bunnies, & so much more! We all had a wonderful day there!
*ride on a chair lift into the mountains. Cayden & Addyson wanted to do this so badly...I not so much. My 2 choices were to watch my husband take my 2 kids up on the chair lift & watch from below or suck it up & go on the chair lift with everybody. I chose going on the chair lift. I'm not so sure Eric enjoyed me going up with him...as 1/2 way up the mountain Eric told me that I was actually starting to make him nervous!! Not good! The kids were chanting "Mommy's a scaredy cat, Mommy's a scaredy cat" the whole way up. Neither of the kids were afraid at all...which I guess is a good thing...but a healthy little fear of plunging down a mountain wouldn't be 1/2 bad either. Needless to say, I was glad that the kids had so much fun, and that we eventually were safely on the ground.
*swimming at the hotel pool. Cayden & Addyson were pretty proud that they can both swim in the deep end by themselves now.
*breakfast with the Hommes family
*Cayden counting the number of trains he saw in Colorado
*and finally...we ended our vacation with a long & eventful trip back home. Grandma dropped us off at the airport where we said our goodbyes & checked in our bags, only to find out that our plane was delayed by a couple hourse. So...we called Grandma back & she took us all to the closest mall to play & eat. Apparently we misjudged the timing at which we needed to be back to the airport, b/c by the time she dropped us off again we were cutting it pretty close. When we arrived to security the lines were horrendous!! Not good. By the time we make it through security, jumped on the tram, we were about 5 minutes from our flight leaving. We told the kids that Mommy would be running up ahead to check in at the gate & that they would have to run with Daddy. So I ran ahead, tripping up the escalator in my hurry, & ran to the gate that Eric told me. He did tell me that I should check the monitors to make sure the gate was still the same, but in my rushing, I scanned the monitors & decided to go to the original gate anyways. After finding out that this was no longer our gate I turned around & there was Eric with the kids 2 gates down. I run over to them to hear Eric proclaim "Where did you go, didn't you check the monitors??" Not..."Hi honey, I'm so glad we found each other" or "that was close" or even "thanks for running ahead". Needless to say we didn't really speak until we got on the airplane & cooled off(literally!). Men...you gotta love them!!! :) So...we made it onto the airplane, drove home from Chicago, and were sleeping soundly by 1:30 am!!
It was great seeing everyone in Colorado...we miss you all!! I will send more pictures soon of our Denver trip.
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