On Thursday we woke up at 4 am, or in Dylans case went to
sleep at 4 am, and drove to Colorado to see the Smiths. Luckily this time the
drive there was uneventful. We dropped our Auntie off at Tricia’s and then
guessed our way to Nedra’s since I forgot my tomtom at home. We made it there
very successfully considering I was going off of memory.
Thursday day we hung out at the house and played games
and just chilled.
Friday we went to the pool and had a blast!
Saturday we went to Garden of the Gods. It was awesome!
We had so much fun. When we got home we launched water balloons at each other
and had a blast!
Kate was determined to go everywhere Dylan did
Elle wanted to do everything on her own
I think Dylan's trying to break more bones.
If you look close you can see Dustin's head.
Dylan bailing out of his climb.
He's about 7 feet off the ground
Getting us all to smile at once is hard
Hiding from the rain
Dylan hiding from the rain
That rock was a lot higher than this picture makes it look.
Parker found a cave down in this hole and Kate wanted
in it so bad.
She really wanted to be in the cave. Like really bad.
I promise I'm not torturing her.
Lauren was bored on the car ride to/from Garden of the Gods
Myia's shirt was fun to take pictures of
Shooting water ballons
This is the video everyone wants to see
Dustin wanted so badly to hit a balloon with the bat.
Elle almost hit Parker with the balloon
Dylan hitting a balloon the first time at bat!
I couldn't ever get a hit.
Lauren hit it her first try to I think
Dustin finally hit one!!!!
Sunday we all went to church then had a really fun Sunday
dinner. We played spoons with Auntie and Tricia. Then the missionaries came
over and we played a game of spoons with them. They were really busy so they
had to eat then leave for an appointment, but I guess it’s good that they are
busy. After dinner we played the Oreo game and Parker was the only one to get
the Oreo in his mouth. Later in the day Dylan, Parker, Kenny, and Kate went for
a bike ride and they got caught in a huge rain storm. We were watching for when
they came back and they were soaked! We met them in the garage with towels so
they could dry off before coming in. I’ve never seen them pedal so fast!!!
Then sadly, Monday we had to come back to Utah. Parker
tried to stow away and probably would have made it to Aurora if Myia didn’t say
he was hiding in the pile of blankets. Unfortunately the ride home was not
uneventful. We got a crack in the windshield the size of a quarter just east of
Grand Junction. That was the scariest sound to wake up to. Being dead asleep
and having a rock that big hit the windshield is super loud. We also stopped to
help a family that was on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere but they
were way beyond help. Dylan went to see what the problem was and he said something
broke and put a hole through their motor. We made sure they had food and water
and a phone to call for help and went on our way. We all made it back in one tired piece.
