vacation to CO!

We had a great week with the Smiths in Colorado Springs. They were very hospitable and let us stay in their place. We drove down 15 hours straight and we very exhausted when we got there. But things went fine from there. Went to the zoo, hiking, playgrounds, saw E in choir, E and F do a church race, a pizza party, went bowling, then up to Vail for 2 days at a nice condo there (I felt spoiled J). The scenery was so beautiful! Eric and I got to have a nice night out with his sister and then in Vail, just the two of us while they graciously watched the kids. Kaylee and Levi had lots of fun with their couins. Kaylee was especially enamoured with the baby. But she spent lots of time following her older cousins around, dutifully. Levi just bopped around doing whatever he felt like, sometimes playing alone, with me or with his cousins. They were very sad to leave but were really glad to get home, they seemed esp. at peace with each other yesterday. Playing quietly together and sharing well – we think they missed each other. And they missed their toys from what we saw with their time spent in the playroom yesterday. Either that, or they were just really glad to be out of the car. It was really nice to see D and B again, as well as S and her kids! We really enjoyed our time and now it’s back to the grind (you know what I mean). S took a couple of great photos out there. Here’s some with our fam in them. Thank you so much to the Smiths for a great visit!