We had a great time camping up at Grand Lake the last weekend in June. We went up with our neighbors. It was raining when we first arrived but cleared up in time for a quick fire and marshmellow toasting. Our neighbors got a bit lost on the way and arrived around 9:30. Brandon helped set up their tent and then the girls slept in the pop-up and the boys had the tent. Zach woke up early in the morning so he and I took a walk. We got to see 3 bull moose which was amazing - they were about 30 yards away! Once everyone was up we headed to the pancake breakfast they serve and said good morning to the horses that were waiting for their daily trail ride. After breakfast we headed downtown to the lake, We set up camp near the water and Brandon and Tom kept the girls busy with fishing and I kept Zach busy playing. We threw the ball for Cabo of course and then headed in to town. The state chili cookoff was taking place so we hung around there for a while while Emma and Avi played on the playground. We headed back to the camper for naps and then started dinner. After dinner we made a fire and toasted more marshmellows and made s'mores. We hit the sack around 10. We did the pancake breakfast again Sunday morning then packed up the camp and headed home. Once home we cleaned out the camper and then relaxed. It was a great first trip for Zach!
Getting home Sunday meant we had 3 days with Matthew and Alexia before they moved to St Louis. I watched Matthew Monday morning while Amanda and John went to their close for the house. Avi and Matthew played all morning and had a great time. Tuesday after work they movers were still packing up the truck so we hung out out front and ate dinner at Lucas'. That night Amanda and the kids stayed with us since the moving truck had hauled away all of their belongings. We got up early so say goodbye and take a few last pictures including their car driving away down the street. So far Avi is dealing really well and refers to their house as "just a regular house, not Matthew's".
Over 4th of July weekend we had reservations at Jellystone in Estes Park. I had been looking forward to this trip for a long time since I had camped in a Jellystone back east growing up. We thought we were in a bit of trouble when the host has to lead us to our campsite. We headed what felt like pretty much straight uphill and around a bend to our site. We set up the camper and made a quick fire before heading to bed. Brandon left to go fishing with Steffan at 6 and both kids woke up at that time too. We hung around the camper until 9 when we drove back to the front of the campground to the playground. Yes, drove because earlier I had walked to the bathroom carrying Zach while Avi walked and I lead Cabo too. The walk back to the camper was long as Avi had to stop a few times because it was so steep. We played around until it was time raise the flag for the day with Yogi. Avi ran right up to him when he came out and was really excited to see him. After the flag was up we headed toward town. We spotted a dog park so stopped to let Cabo swim and run around a bit. In the same area was a playground so we went over there but it started raining about 15 minutes later so we headed back to camp. We waited out the rain in our camper and decided to eat lunch while we waited. Once the rain stopped we headed back to the playground until it was time to nap. After the naps Brandon got back and we headed into town for dinner. Zach had a good time in his seat and did well for his first dining out experience - I gave him some water from the straw and that kept his attention for a while and he managed a few little bits of bread too and then ate his dinner - sweet potatoes - mmmm! After dinner we got back to camp and Brandon and Avi made a fire while I put Zach to bed. We roasted some marshmellows and then Avi set off to visit our camping neighbors - she's so outgoing that she introduced herself to the parents and the 2 kids and shared her glow sticks. They were fast friends for sure! We went to bed around 10:30 I guess. Zach woke up around 2 and after feeding him we got to sleep until about 6. Both Brandon and I were exhausted and decided to call it quits on this camping trip. We packed up the camper and headed home.
That night Avi and I headed to Town Center to watch the fireworks. She was really into it this year and kept calling out the colors and making the hissing or boom sounds she heard. They lasted about 25 minutes so she was in bed by about 10 and so were we! On Sunday we went to the pool - Avi is a little fish and Zach is sitting up so much better now that he was able to play in the water and splash around a bit.
Zach is really starting to pull himself up well now. I couldn't get him to stay seated once he figured it out on the music table Monday. He doesn't really have the leverage on anything else yet. He's also trying to crawl. He gets on his belly and alternates pushing his arms up straight with pushing his butt into the air. Today he got on all 4's with help but didn't go anywhere.
That's all for this post - we're having a BBQ on Saturday which should be a lot of fun and then we head to Myrtle Beach the next weekend to spend a week with Brandon's folks. Avi can't wait to feed the "eagles" again!
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