i'm back. sorry for the absence, but, we went to colorado. and taking a vacation requires 3 weeks: one week for preparing, packing and cleaning. one week for vacationing. and one week for recovering. yes, 3 weeks is the absolute minimum time requirement for a complete vacation ;)
we took our 2nd annual august trip to colorado... the state i will always call home. i heart colorado, very much. i also heart my family very much. and i really heart my husband and kiddos, very much. so the combo of these three hearts made for a great trip. here's the itinerary and the pics that captured much of the vacation.
monday: drive for 12 hours. i DO NOT heart 12 hour road trips with two kids. at all.
tuesday: dinner at CASA BONITA!!! for those of you unfamiliar with CASA BONITA, it is a "popular" denver tourist attraction filled with horrible food, cheesy shows and CLIFF DIVERS. hard to explain... must be experienced. and then it is probably necessary to watch the "south park: casa bonita" episode after. probably.
wednesday: dinner with wonderful friends from high school. 6 kids under the age of four.
thursday: all family dinner with discussions of next summer's sibling vacation... greece, costa rica or vancouver here we come!
friday: denver zoo. love me some zoo.
saturday: the hubs rides a 100 mile bike ride in the mountains- the copper triangle. we enjoy a night away from the kiddos on lake dillon.
sunday: beau jo's pizza... in the mountains... with honey for the crust... it doesn't get better.
monday: ikea. yes, denver now has an ikea, and the state just got that much better.
tuesday: 12 hour drive home. hate when the mountains are in the review mirror and not on the horizon.
great state. great family. great trip.
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| grandma, grandpa, uncle eddie, the hubs and kiddos at CASA BONITA. notice the awesome waterfall in the background. awesome. |
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| the fam |
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| uncle eddie, aunt brita |
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| aunt kim, uncle taylor, g looking awkward |
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| the grandparents |
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| our hands are full... of great things |
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| wondering how i can move out to colorado |
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| i figured it out!!!... i'll be a cliff diver for CASA BONITA |
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| grandpa and the kiddos ubber excited for the zoo |
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| evidence that we did see "cool creatures" as the title suggests |
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| aunt kim and b fascinated by the swimming polar bear |
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| b and the 9 foot polar bear... my money's on b |
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| b, the diva, and aunt b on a chair ride |
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| g finding the chair ride game fascinating, hilarious and extremely distracting from dinner time |
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| lake dillon. awesome. not being sarcastic this time. |
