Yikes I'm behind on blogging! Been busy, and having trouble with our modem/internet.
We went to Colorado to have a family reunion for my mother's side. The last one was when my grandma was alive, and I was in early college, so it's been awhile! We met at the YMCA camp in Estes Park, Colorado and it was gorgeous. It wasn't really structured at all, we tried to eat together, but the YMCA camp had a lot of activities and a bunch of us went out for a hike one day.
(p.s. Frontier is as bad as Spirit Airlines for nickle and diming you on everything, no movie screens, no free bags, no reclining chairs, no refreshments. But we did all sit together and arrive together, so it IS better than Spirit by a hair).
met my new baby niece Isabelle June!
I got to have good conversations with the cousins that went on the hike, but it was just a weekend reunion and I guess I kinda wish it had been a little 'more' structured. I guess one problem was in the Rocky Mts not many people had cell service, and the YMCA camp was huge so if you didn't know where someone was/what they were doing, you pretty much couldn't find out. There was another 'family night' of story telling and stuff, but Doug got to go out first with people while I stayed back to rock a fussy baby to sleep, and when it was my turn to go out, everyone had turned in :( so that was a bummer, some cousins I really didn't get to see at all. But overall, it was a good reunion.
The second half of our trip we went to stay a few nights at my brother's new house. It was fun to see the house they built and of course meet the baby!
Those evenings were filled with glorious family time and it was wonderful.
We got Ellie this hot potato game for Christmas last year, and Joel says it is a favorite among all the adults, lol. So we played. One fun memory was since he was playing one-handed and carrying the baby, we all held an item for our 'handicap' :)
#playroomenvy
cousin time
chillaxin on the new patio
Playing codenames
The bad part was August came down with a fever, and on the third day of on/off fevers, including up to 103+ we went to the urgent care. The PA didn't seem to concerned and thought just a virus, and to take Motrin. It just lasted one more day and was gone. Luckily he didn't have many symptoms besides not eating much.
They had this amazing park near their house. And another morning we went to the museum.
#drumface
Do we even have a good museum since the Detroit Science Center shut down??
And fun in the pool.
Next thing you know, we were headed back home.
Good times!
(p.s. Frontier is as bad as Spirit Airlines for nickle and diming you on everything, no movie screens, no free bags, no reclining chairs, no refreshments. But we did all sit together and arrive together, so it IS better than Spirit by a hair).
met my new baby niece Isabelle June!
I got to have good conversations with the cousins that went on the hike, but it was just a weekend reunion and I guess I kinda wish it had been a little 'more' structured. I guess one problem was in the Rocky Mts not many people had cell service, and the YMCA camp was huge so if you didn't know where someone was/what they were doing, you pretty much couldn't find out. There was another 'family night' of story telling and stuff, but Doug got to go out first with people while I stayed back to rock a fussy baby to sleep, and when it was my turn to go out, everyone had turned in :( so that was a bummer, some cousins I really didn't get to see at all. But overall, it was a good reunion.
The second half of our trip we went to stay a few nights at my brother's new house. It was fun to see the house they built and of course meet the baby!
Those evenings were filled with glorious family time and it was wonderful.
We got Ellie this hot potato game for Christmas last year, and Joel says it is a favorite among all the adults, lol. So we played. One fun memory was since he was playing one-handed and carrying the baby, we all held an item for our 'handicap' :)
#playroomenvy
cousin time
chillaxin on the new patio
Playing codenames
The bad part was August came down with a fever, and on the third day of on/off fevers, including up to 103+ we went to the urgent care. The PA didn't seem to concerned and thought just a virus, and to take Motrin. It just lasted one more day and was gone. Luckily he didn't have many symptoms besides not eating much.
They had this amazing park near their house. And another morning we went to the museum.
#drumface
Do we even have a good museum since the Detroit Science Center shut down??
And fun in the pool.
Next thing you know, we were headed back home.
Good times!
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