Spring Break 2018

March 19-23

Spring Break started out with the coldest trip to the zoo ever!  I wasn’t really expecting us to actually get Reed out in the cold, but we survived.  Grandmama and Granddaddy liked having all the cousins together for a bit and Nate even went an scooted around all the hills with his scooter.

Mollie got to spend the night with Aubrey and Avery and we picked her up at Grandmama and Granddaddy’s on our way to go camping with Grandma and Papa.

Grandma and Papa are quite the campers these days…. It was so fun to be with them for a little while, just relaxing.  Nate made it fine with his cruches and Mollie loved going fishing with Brendan, Landry and Papa.  We all told Papa that there was no way she would go all day in a boat, but she sure did.

Reed loves being outside so he was just fine.  Could have slept better but that’s just a baby that likes his bed at his house.

Colorado Vacation 2016

August 1-6

We had planned on taking Mollie to the beach this year…. But as summer was coming to a close we were, as always, exhausted and tired of traveling.  The beach seemed too far away and too expensive.  We’ll go next summer.

So, for the last 11 years my dad has been asking Nate to go to the mountains with him, and my Papa, brothers and nephews.  This year, Nate decided to go for it and Mollie and I tagged along.  We camped with Dad a couple days and then stayed in Colorado for a couple days just us.

We decided to drive through the night and just get there.  It was so dark when we got there, we couldn’t find the camp site and there was no cell service to get help, so we slept in the jeep.  It was a memory-making start.  It wasn’t the best sleep, but it was fun…. and we enjoyed being cold!

Dad found us the next morning and our mountain adventures started.  We camped in Pitkin, CO and drove all around, every pass there was.  I couldn’t believe Mollie was ok with all the bumpiness, but she was just perfect…. hanging in there all day, riding in the ranger with Uncle Brian, Papa Bill, Landry and me.  Papa and Brendan were in the razer, and Nate and Tommy were on 4-wheelers.  It was quite the journey to two different continental divides and Mirror Lake, but I loved being with my girl and all my favorite guys.  Plus the mountains were beautiful… we weren’t used to seeing them with no snow.  It was a lot of fun!

After we left the fam… we ventured to Colorado Springs.  We spent a lot of time in the hotel pool.  That seemed to be all Mollie wanted to do, but that was ok.  Chill time was great!  We checked out the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  It was our favorite zoo ever!  We fed the giraffes, walked with the kangaroos and found out I was terrified of ski lifts when there is a bear cage underneath you instead of nice fluffy snow.

We also went downtown for some ice cream and souvenir shopping.  It was awesome!  We definitely want to go back sometime and check out some other places.

Then we drove back home with our happy girl!  I am so blessed with my sweet little family.  Love spending this sweet time together!

Camping with Grandma & Papa

While we were away for a quick mission trip to Kansas City, Mollie got to go camping in Papa’s new camper.  She had a blast and I loved getting the pictures texted to me.

She got to go out on a boat, swim with Papa, read some of her favorite books with Grandma and even play with Henry for a bit.