Sunday, July 22, 2018

Road Trip!

The kids and I set out on a multiple destination road trip in early June!  Everything went so well and was definitely a success!  It may have to be an annual trip from now on!
Ready to Rock!
 Our first stop was Laramie.  Gabi attended the University of Wyoming Basketball Camp from 10-4 for three days.  She had a blast and learned so much. Her favorite part was spending the day with many of the UW Men's team players.  She walked away with a slingpack full of their autographs.  It will be fun to watch them play this winter.  I wish I would have taken more pictures, but this is the only one I got at the end of one of the days.



While Gabi was at camp on the the first day, I took Jacob and Maya to meet my Mom in Ft. Collins for the day.  We had great plans of shopping, but shortly realized that five year old boys and quaint little shops don't go together.  We let him get soaked in the splash pad instead and everyone had more fun that way!  :)  We also had a fun lunch at a new restaurant in Old Town Ft. Collins.

 


Maya was able to stay with my Mom & Dad for the next couple days. They had lots of fun hanging out and riding bikes!

At a Sculpture Garden in Loveland

On a long bike ride...almost 20 miles!

A big breakfast of cinnamon roll French toast after the bike ride!

Jacob and I returned to Laramie and explored many of the town's parks and fun spots!  It was fun spending time with just Jacob and celebrating summer!

University of Wyoming Geology Museum...this is "Big Al" behind Jacob


We left Laramie on Wednesday afternoon and headed for a quick night at my Mom & Dad's house before we headed to Lincoln!  My Mom came with us for the 8 hour journey East on Thursday.  We stayed at my Grandma Dot's house.  It was really good to spend time with her.  On Friday, we met my cousin and her cute little boy, Colton, at the Lincoln Children's Museum.  What a fun place!  Jacob especially had a blast.  We literally could have spent an entire day there.

Driving in the tractor!

Gabi's almost as tall as Grandma Dot!




Serving Grandma Dot some pizza!




All of the Great-Grandchildren after dinner at "Screamers"...a restaurant in downtown Lincoln where the servers are also members of the University of Nebraska show choir perform during dinner as well!

Walking/riding around Grandma Dot's neighborhood
 On  Saturday, we left Lincoln really early and headed to Denver!  The girls' softball team was invited to participate in a parade around Coors Field ahead of a Rockies Game!  So...we met my Dad and Joe in Denver (Joe had been in Golden for company meetings) and enjoyed the game.




Other baseball teams from Buffalo participated in the parade as well...including some KL&A friends.  It was fun to watch the game with them.

NINE!

Our sweet Maya girl turned nine at the end of May!  She has really sprouted this year and has really taken to the guitar, piano, reading, swimming, and running.  :)  She still loves to snuggle and play with her stuffies.  She will do great things and we can't wait to watch her soar!

New golf clubs!

Lego Boost...she loves legos and this has been a fun addition to her collection!
 Maya had to share her birthday breakfast with Jacob when Grammy Mary & Papa Gary were here.  She is a good sport about it.


Maya wanted to go roller skating with her friends for her birthday party!  They had a fun time!





Even Jacob got in on the fun!

We went to the park after roller skating to enjoy the awesome Lego cake Amanda made for her!





FIVE!

It is hard to believe that Jacob turned FIVE at the end of May!  He is such a happy-go-lucky sweetie pie!  He has brought so much joy to our lives and we cannot wait to see what the next five years and beyond have in store for him.






Jacob is still kind of obsessed with Paw Patrol and luckily has an aunt that put his every wish into the cake she made for him.  :)


Birthday party buddies


Cousin Love!  These cuties all have birthdays within two weeks of each other, so they get to celebrate all together.  :)




Spring has Sprung!

Annual Mother's Day pic :)

Jacob caught influenza in late April and was down with a fever for an entire week.  :(  Lots of snuggles and naps during recovery.  The rest of us didn't somehow managed not to catch it.

Fun at a birthday party with friends!

We put some new grass in our front yard to replace an overgrown flower bed

Highway cleanup with our 4H Club

On a field trip with Gabi's class to the historic TA Ranch...site of the Johnson County Cattle War

Jacob with his beloved preschool teacher at their end of year picnic.  :)