Colorado Week 3

Week 3 settled down a bit which for us which was a good break after our first 2 busy weeks on our vacation. We went to Chatfield State Park and the kids played in the reservoir.

We spent a lot of time going to the nearby park. This is the biggest reason I love going away in the summer. Being able to pick up in the middle of the day and bike/run barefoot to the park. I love these days! Emilie and Sofia came with us one afternoon. It was so fun watching 'Fia and Patchy become little buddies. Patrick really loved Sofia!

We spent a lot of time over our vacation swimming at the Sullivan's neighborhood pool. One night, Josie came home with us and had a sleepover. Elise was in heaven. She loooooooves Josie! The next morning we took Josie to the 16th street mall and had a fun lunch of burgers and ice cream and walked around and shopped a bit. After we went downtown, we returned Josie to Aunt Kelley's and had a fun girls only movie night.

4 Month Quinn

Quinn,
You spent much of your fourth month sprawled out on blankets throughout Colorado. You are such a good little traveler. You go with the flow. You have started playing with and sucking on your toes. You still have a cute little dimple and blue eyes...which is fun! Nobody can get you to smile like your daddy-o. You are a great sleeper! You wake up in the morning by squealing and playing. We are all so happy that you are a fun little chilling baby. We all adore you.

Breckenridge

We had so much fun in Breckenridge with our friends, the Richards. Tim and Holly have 2 little boys, Owen and Tucker who are around the ages of Ellie and Patch. They all had a great time together. We went down on the second day of daddy's big race and ventured around town while we waited for the race to finish.

 

Patchy was brave enough to float on the water in a big bubble. They said he was the littlest boy they had ever seen do that without getting scared. He loved it.  

We went to a fun park in the middle of the town, and a few shops. 

When daddy came down we went to the bike pump track. Daddy still had some energy after his race and he rode around the pump track a few times while Ellie rode behind him and Patchy was racing them on foot. They went for a little hike before we got in the car and drove out to a fishing pond.

 

Ellie and Patchy had been wanting to go fishing for a while so they were so excited. They waited patiently and finally each caught a fish. We couldn't believe how Ellie grabbed the fish with her hands and stuck her finger in its mouth. She named her fish Sally and was convinced she was going to put it in fish tank when we got home. Poor, Sally. They were so proud. I'm hoping that they got fishing out of their system.

 

   

 

The next day we did some more walking around town including lunch with a beautiful view, playing at the train park and splashing around in the little stream. 

 

 

What a fun weekend!

 

Keystone

Daddy signed up for a Big Mountain Enduro bike race in Keystone so it was a wonderful excuse to spend a few days up in the mountains. We were in Keystone for the first 2 nights and Breckenridge for the 3rd night with our friends. It was so nice up there, we all had a great time and Daddy did a good job in his race. The condo we stayed at in Keystone had an amazing view but it wasn't too kid friendly. It was on the 3rd floor and had 2 balconies and a loft with a ladder. Fun for our climber kids but scary for us. Thankfully, nobody got hurt. We had a great time down in the village and spending time with friends who came up to cheer on daddy. They took Patch up on the gondola to find daddy on one of the trails. I stayed back with Quinn and Ellie, who was too scared for the gondola. It was so beautiful there. We were very proud of daddy for finishing all 6 stages and not crashing and having fun!