Colorado

We had a great much needed get away recently to Colorado to visit Uncle Will and Aunt Emily!

Mike was super-dad and had both the kids sit with him on the plane

 while Holly and I got some good cousin time in our seats behind them!  :)

 Lily learned all about air-panes from Paw

 The kids did great and slept on both of the long legs of the trip.

 Then we rented a Suburban and all 8 of us piled in it!  Peter and Lily were hand-holding...

 and iPhone movie watching partners for the trip!   

 After leisurely making our way up to Steamboat, we arrived 18 hours after we'd gotten up!

Emily and Will had treats for the littlest loves... (i took these pics from them)

(love the camo paper!)

 

 a PURSE... with LIPSTICK!  (Lily LOVES the lipstick... sweet girl!)

On the first day, the adventurous ones had a ski outting.  

Emily and I had a girly outting (sounds more fun, huh?!)... lunch, manicures, shopping and margaritas!!  

and I got new boots to show off to my man...

Willie and the kiddos thoroughly enjoyed their time with each other!!

 Lily and Glenda got to be good buddies!

Lily was really fascinated with this area at the bottom of the steps so Glenda played their with her often.

Lily liked to imitate the way Glenda was sitting ;)  So sweet and cute!

We declared Glenda our private preschool teacher for the week.

And Holly ("ha-dee") was added to the list of Lily's favorite people.

 Will and Emily took us on an amazing trip to Glenwood Springs.  It was an awesome, beautiful drive thru a canyon that follows the Colorado River.  I felt like I was in an IMAX movie!  Emily has more pics on her blog.  Lily came to love tun-nels & ask for them!

We hung out by the amazing Colorado river in Glenwood.

 Our whole gang of 10!

Then, as Emily put it, the grown ups took the little kids back home so the big kids could have an outting all our own.... dinner and a blue grass concert!  Thanks Will for arranging that!!

Emily and I went snow mobiling and snow shoeing one day.  It was my first time to snow shoe and I loved it!  

Mike was amazing Dad and enjoyed the kids a lot!  It was a great break for me and really sweet to watch.

On our last day, we headed up to Steamboat and got to see coal go by on the train!!  It was coal from the mine where Uncle Will is an engineer!  Peter was happy to see so many "coal cars" in real life after reading about them... and how cool that HIS uncle put it there!!!

OK, last hit from the trip, and oh was it a hit...  we promised that we wouldn't post but I have to (there's a ridiculous one of me too!)... the Wii and "So you think you can Dance"... I won't say anything except that the laughter was so therapeutic!  

 Thanks Will and Emily for giving us so much of your time & being great hosts.  Thanks Mom and Dad for treating us!  XOXO!