WHERE HAVE WE BEEN ALL SUMMER!

COLORADO

Brandon got a job building a cabin for my sister's in laws the Ivins in Colorado.  Brandon started it in May and once the boys got done with school we joined him a week or two at a time.  But of course we were doing baseball at the same time so this summer the boys learned how to sit in the car for long periods of time (8 hours one way) and I learned how to stay calm!   The one thing I really wanted was to see a bear (from a safe distance). Jack and Aydan got to see a mama bear and her cubs (from a safe distance) all I saw was a water snake!  Yuck!  Oh ya and TONS of chipmunks and mice.  I even got to share my bed with a mouse one night, and they ate my peaches on our counter another night.  The mice I defiantly won't miss!

Places we've been

Four Corners

Mesa Verde

Blanding to see Foffy and cousin Jake

Monticello

Lone Cone for lunch

Arches National Park

 Now some of my people won't blog because they say we all just share our perfect lives on our blog.  So..........just for those people I will say Colorado was A LOT of work!  Packing the trailer, van, truck, driving 8-10 hours with 4 kids, keeping the trailer clean after the kids ate potato chips and crackers, the mud ohhhh the mud, the mice crap, the fighting in confined spaces, the unpacking, and trying not to miss any sporting events back home, I got tired and grouchy.  But...........I would do it all over.  Sometimes the memories are worth the headache.  That is why I blog, so I have something to look at that is good, so I forget all the tiredness, cuss words, and fighting!