Our Trip to Colorado

Warning: This post is as long as the trip to Denver (13 hours)...

Here is Kathleen getting comfortable. She must have known she would be spending a lot of time in the car for the next week.
Yes, Cody did fall asleep in this position in the car.
The kids were so excited when we could see the Denver skyline that that requested a picture.
They spent most of their time (when they would watch TV at Grandma) in this position. I don't know why.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

We played a lot of catch. The kids LOVED it.

We talked Grammy into walking across this balance beam that moved. And just to be mean, I got a picture of it.
We went on a trip down memory lane (although some of the memories on this trip are quite senile). Here is one of the houses Ryan lived in as a kid.
Here is the other one:

And the school he went to for Kindergarten.
The kids fell asleep watching a movie at Grandma's.
We went to the Denver Zoo and had a blast.
Cody walked around with a map the entire time.

This sign says, "Grandmother's in Charge".




We got to go and visit my cousin Lisa and her family. It was such a nice visit. And they fed us dinner. It was so good.
Natalie tried to leave with us. It was so cute.
And more of our trip down memory lane involved a trip to Casa Bonita.


Cody got to keep part of the pinata because he was "cute".



Here is Grandma and Grandpa with all of us. They were such gracious hosts.
We spent most of our time at there house in the pool. The kids were excited because they had a diving board. Our pool is only 5 feet deep, so that was a lot of fun for them.


And the highlight of our trip...the RED SOX Game. They got smoked, but it was still fun.

Brandon got spoiled rotten at the game sitting down by Grammy.


On the way home we went through some really fun tunnels.
That gave us the opportunity to see Blue-Granny and Marsha. Super fun. We always love seeing them.
We got to stop and spend a day with Jared, Heidi, and Xander. We had a ball with them too. We went to a park and fed ducks.

The kids got to pet a catfish that someone caught. He was super nice to let us go crazy over his fish.
And then, because we are insane, we decided to go to the water park the day after we got home. We had so much fun, but we sure are tired now.
Cody was so funny. He couldn't get enough. I think he and Kathleen would have stayed all day if we let them. You know, because 5 to 6 hours wasn't enough.

Sawtooth Relay

I ran the Sawtooth relay with the most awesome team this weekend. We totally rocked it. But, because I am awesome, I didn't get any pictures of it but these. I will try and get some pics from another girl on the team, but for now this is what you get. Here we are up at our campsite the night before the race. It was BEAUTIFUL there (and cold).We had to get up and start running at 1:30 a.m. It was cold and dark, but then the sun came out and it was beautiful. Here is a picture of the road we ran on. How can you beat that view?
Yesterday we pulled out the slip and slide. The kids were all very excited (except Cody who wasn't able to play on it because he was in BIG trouble).
And why was Cody in trouble you ask? Well, this is quite simple. At swim lessons yesterday they let the 1st level kids jump off the side to their instructor. Cody did great. No fear. Then when he was done, he climbed out of the pool, ran to the other side and jumped in again all by himself. I swear the kid wants to drown. If I wasn't so angry at him, it would have been quite funny.

Kindergarten Graduation & Swim Lessons

Brandon graduated from Kindergarten this week. They had a music program that was pretty cute too.
He drew the one flying in the black at the top there.
After school picnic:
Cody relaxing while Ryan does all the work to get his shoes on.
The kids started swim lessons as soon as school was out. They LOVE them.

I wasn't sure how Cody was going to do because he tends to be a little attached and say, "mom, come with me," to everything. But I guess he was just excited to get in the water because he said, with his back to me as he walked down the steps into the pool, "Mom, I not scared." He never looked back.
And I had to get some pictures of my favorite thing watching my kids do:

Kathleen Ballet Recital

Kathleen was really excited about this weed we pulled in our yard.Our pool opened last weekend and it was FREEZING out. But would that stop my crazy family? No.


Kathleen and Cody were snuggling really cute the other day.Alyssa and Clayton came to visit last weekend. It was super fun having them here. But the weather was pooey.
So we had a picnic in our garage instead of the park.
Kathleen had a report on the Stingray at school. She was so cute.

Saturday was CRAZY for us. We had baseball games starting at 8 in the morning (so we were there at 7:15) and went until 1:15. We went straight from there to Kathleen's dance recital. Kathleen is pretty sweet and very good at her ballet.



I was making lasagna and I guess the boys decided to join me in the kitchen. So they pulled up two bar stools in the most inconvenient place and played their didjs. Someone should have told them they would have been more comfortable at the bar, or on a couch, but it was just too cute.

Kathleen and Brandon Baseball

Brandon and Kathleen had baseball games on the same night and at the same time last week. So we spent a bit of time running back and forth between the two games. Brandon was pretty cute. He was so excited to get his turn to play (after patiently watching Cody play earlier in the week).


What happens when three boys chase the same ball?
And Cody was a bit of a pill the whole time. But there were moments when he cooperated while we were running back and forth.
Kathleen was pretty cute too. She was so excited, but also very nervous for her first game.


She had a couple of amazing plays and actually got a couple of kids out. She got to play 3rd base and short stop.

Here are a few random pictures that were on the camera. Here is the gift I made for the kids teachers as an end-of-year "thank you".
Brandon built a glow-in-the dark dinosaur last week. He LOVED it.
A couple of nights ago when we went to tuck Kathleen in, we found her asleep in her laundry basket. That can't be comfortable. And where is the laundry you ask? Well...simply put...all over the ground.
Here are some cute videos of the kids playing baseball for you to watch.