We had so much fun celebrating Cason. Josh was able to take the day off. We were expecting Mark and Lorrie and family for dinner, but got a pleasant surprise when they called saying they could come early since Mark had less work than expected for the day. We met them after lunch along the Poudre River for some wading and rock throwing fun. Then back to our house for dinner, presents, games and cake. Then the big highlight was the boys first real sleepover with Ethan and Owen. They were awake until 10 talking and messing around...having fun. The next day I took Cason, Ethan, and Owen to story time at the library while Josh took Jonah to the doctor. One of the ear tubes he had came out during a bath and he had gotten an uncomfortable amount water in his ear, which then became a waxy seeping mess. Thankfully no infection though. We met up with Lorrie just before dinner to return Ethan and Owen and headed back home to start preparing for our camping weekend.
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| Cason's Birthday |
Friday morning we quickly packed up our van for a two night camping trip. We had been invited to join Josh's new friend Rob and his two sons and it was great timing for us to so we jumped at the opportunity. All in all we had a great time. We are very much looking forward to the next chance we get to go camping again. The boys did great, especially when it came to sleeping which is always my biggest concern. We mostly just hung out around the campsites. Rocky Mountain National Park is really restrictive when it comes to dogs, so we weren't able to do any hiking in the park but we did drive to one nearby trail just outside of it for a short hike. Cason and I took a drive to the top of Trail Ridge Rd (12,220 feet). He napped for the hour and a half that I drove and woke up when we got to the visitor's center at the top for a pit stop. We saw a yellow bellied marmot, elk (of course), and a fox. It rained a little, but we didn't mind because that just gave us an excuse to go into Estes Park for dinner and ice cream. Sunday morning we woke to gorgeous blue skies. We would've loved to stayed in the park for the day to enjoy the beautiful weather but by then we were feeling more than a little grimy and thought it best to just get home. If it's the only bit of vacation we get this summer, that's fine with me because it was a great memory making trip.
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| Camping June 2009 |
Of course there is more to write about, but I'll save that for another post.
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