SUMMER VACATION!!!

Why is it summer seems to be the shortest time of year? Ours wasn't even that busy or jam packed with activity, yet it has already come and gone.

Since my last post which was the end of May we:

1.Finished up the school year
2.Attended VBS at our church
3.Went to the pool or waded in our kiddie pool
4.Endured 2 1/2 weeks without daddy when he went on business trips
5.Started our next school year in July
6.Road tripped it out to Colorado for almost 3 weeks

The highlight of the summer was our trip to Colorado. We had all been looking forward to this for a while. Mind you travelling across the desert in the middle of summer at 7/5 months pregnant was not the best part. We saw things like the Grand Canyon and Four Corners. We stopped in Durango for a couple days and visited with Devin's parents and rode the Durango Silverton train. We then spent 4 days in Breckenridge where my parents, my 2 sisters and their families rented a house. Some of us had not seen each other for 2 or 3 years! It was a great time and great to see everyone and meet new nieces and nephews. The rest of the time we stayed at my parent's out in Peyton. We joke that they live in East Kansas because it seems so far. But even though it's on the eastern plains of Colorado, you can still see the mountains and it is quite peaceful. The surrounding neighbors have horses, goats, roosters, geese and others. Their 5 acres gives the kids lots of room to roam and explore. While there we, attended my old church, a concert given by my brother in law which everyone should check out at www.collinstoddard.com , took the kids to Santa's Workshop, went swimming, and had a get together with many of my relatives.We enjoyed our time there and visiting with lots of family. Our hearts are still there and we hope to one day be living there again.

While we were in Breckenridge my brother in law snapped this great photo of all of us together!