Colorado

We had the best week last week. We took off on a 1,600 mile road trip to see my sister Megan and her husband Kenny in Colorado. We took a couple of days going and coming to see some sites. It was a lot of driving, but we listened to Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites (3 books) and it made to miles fly by.

We went through Vernal and stopped at the dinosaur museum there...here is Eliza digging for bones.

They had all kind of life size dinosaurs out in the yard of the museum. They were fun to look at. We got to Megan's on Sunday and went to Water World on Monday. I didn't take too many pictures there because we were too busy swimming! The kids said that was the funnest day.

Then we went to the Denver Zoo. Aiden was picked at the bug show to dress up like a bug. It was a huge zoo. My favorite was the Komodo Dragons. They eat people and their own young. Fascinating!

I don't know if my brother Curtis ever reads my blog, but this picture is for him!

Russell of course found a project. He helped Kenny put in a new kitchen sink and counter top. It turned out really nice.

Then on Wednesday we went to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was very pretty. This is Bear Lake. The kids got junior ranger books and filled them out along the trail and then they got to talk to ranger and get a badge. One of the things was to find signs of animal life so I pointed out bird poop to Eliza and we wrote it down. The ranger said it was the first time anybody had written that down that she had seen! :)

Sisters! Megan was such a great hostess. Cooking dinners, planning activities, babysitting so Russell and I could go on a date...Thanks Megan and Kenny it was perfect!

Eliza and Aiden and the beautiful mountains. We saw elk and chipmunks in the park and that was about it as far as wildlife goes. But the mountains were awesome.

Jack playing in the river. Anything with water and the kids didn't want to leave. I have a few more pics I 'll post later. It was the perfect thing to do the week before school starts.