Colorado Vacation Part 2

Both families at Glenwood Caverns Adventure park

Dylan & Courtney climbing to the top

Everybody loved the alpine slide

Bryan & Brandon rode the swing that went out over the cavern

The gondola that we had to take to the top of the mountain to get to Adventure park

Getting ready to board the train

Chelsey the Conductor

The girls riding the train

Chelsey was worn out
On May 31st we traveled by tram to downtown Denver to get on the Amtrak train. We traveled from Denver to Glenwood Spring which took about 5 hours. We all enjoyed the train, the kids liked the snack area and walking from car to car. In Glenwood springs we swam a lot in the hotels waterpark and went to the Glenwood Springs Adventure Park one day. We all enjoyed the 4-D movie theater where we saw 3 different shows, the alpine slide was a big hit, the trampoline with harnesses, and the climbing wall was enjoyed by all the kids. The Gondola ride up the hill was pretty scary for me but I went up and down 2 times.

Colorado Vacation Part 1

Waiting for the tram to go downtown

We needed to find the star at the train station

Florence came out and gave us the information for the first clue

Outside the Denver mint where the robbery took place

Courtney & Daniel were taken to jail

The whole family after the hunt

Chelsey, Courtney, & Brittney swimming

Red Rocks in Colorado

Red Rocks Ampitheater

Jamie & Brittney with Denver in the background

The whole group at the Red Rocks

On May 28th we headed out to Denver for vacation. The first day we were there we headed to downtown Denver to go to Denver In*side & O*ut. We were instructed before we left that we had to go to the train station and find the star and at an exact time find the envelope and read it. We then were instructed to go meet Florence and she gave us the information we needed to get to the next place. The whole scavenger type hunt was to tell the story of the 1922 Denver Mint Robbery. Each place gave us a clue to the next and we went to several places in downtown Denver. There were also a few actors along the way to tell the story. We walked the whole way and all the kids did a great job of walking also, I bet we walked about 4 miles that morning. We then spent a little time in downtown eating, etc and then went back to the hotel to swim. The next day we went to church and then ate lunch and went to the red rocks in Denver. The next day we boarded the Amtrak train and went to Glenwood Springs.

Track

Dylan had his last track meet in middle school today. He didn't do as well as he has in the past but still did o.k. He ran the 1600 m run, 800 m run, 1600m relay, and did the triple jump. He won the mile run in the Cross County meet which was really fun to watch. He is looking forward to doing track in high school.

Happy 9th Birthday Brittney!!

Brittney turned 9 on May 6. We celebrated by going to the park and playing and having a picnic. Brittney also celebrated her birthday in Sunday School on Sunday. She will be going in to 4th grade next year. Brittney is a very quiet girl but can be loud at home at times, she loves to ride her bike and can be found playing with Chelsey most of the time.

MS/HS Spring Concert

The 3 older kids had their middle school/high school spring concert. Brandon plays the saxophone in the high school band, Dylan the trumpet in 7th-8th grade band and Courtney plays saxophone in the 6th grade band and sings in the 6th grade choir.

Happy Birthday Chelsey!!

Playing "what time is it Mr. Fox?"

Chelsey with her "Princess cake"

Chelsey turned 5 years old today. She was so excited and told everybody everywhere we went that she was 5. We celebrated with her bestest friend ever, Kendall, and their family with a cookout and cake and ice cream and gifts. She also got a bike for her birthday and has been riding it all over!!!

Chelsey putting her money in the cake

In church they celebrated Chelsey's 5th birthday. They put the amount of coins in the cake as to how old they are. She was so excited to do that. She even thought since her birthday was celebrated there that it was her birthday. She has to wait one more day!!!