Back from Vacation

We just got back from a nice vacation in Colorado. We were there for two weeks and had a great time. Our friends, Andee & Jack, went with us because they had never seen Colorado before. To say the least, it was an interesting car ride with four 2 year olds. We spent the first night at Yia Yia and Papa Mike's new house in Palisade. She has a great two-bedroom place next to the river on a very quiet street. Then we went to Nana's house for a couple of days, went to Grandma and Grandpa's "Ealge House" to spend the night, followed by four days at Papa Fatty's house. The kids had a great time seeing the cows, throwing rocks in the river, and of course, riding the 4-wheelers. On Monday, we took a 14 mile long ride to see some of the country and the kids ended up falling asleep on the "wheelers". I wish I could sleep anywhere like that!!!!
We took the kids to the new rec. center in Gypsum where they swam until their hearts were content and us "big kids" got to go down the water slide a couple of times. On Friday, Nana surprised the kids with a treat to the local museum where they have a caboose and real-life scenes from "the good ol' days". Next we got to go to the Eagle Fire Department where we got a tour of the whole fire station including where the firemen live when they are on duty. To round out this fun tour, the firemen took everyone (Andee, Jack, Cameron, Izaac, Zoe, Nana, & myself) for a RIDE in the fire truck!!! That was so much fun!
Next we headed up to Sylvan Lake State Park to see some of the interactive displays and take a nature walk. We got to see lot of pretty fall colors. After we left there, we went to visit Mike Bradley who raises alpacas. Alpacas are related to Llamas but smaller, and much cuter!!!
Saturday was the "Booby Party" for Aunt Tuff so the kids stayed at Aunt Tammy's house with the babysitters while the mom's got some away time.
Sunday, Andee woke up with Pink Eye so we had to make a trip to Avon to have it checked out by a dr. This put us behind schedule so we didn't make it out of Eagle County until Monday.
On our way home, we stopped at Yia Yia and Papa Mike's again where we went to the park and spent some time playing in the leaves.
We got home around 8pm and all the kids were happy to see their Daddies. A fun time was had by all and some good memories were made!

(Pictures to follow - camera is still in the suitcase)