Road trip to Colorado

Our next door neighbors moved to Colorado in June. When I asked Savannah what she wanted for her birthday this year she told me the only thing she wanted was to go to Co to visit Mady. So, that was the plan. I drove Savannah, Chelsea, Meaghan, and Aubrey to visit our friends the Darleys. We left at 11:00 on a thursday night and arrived around 8:00 in the morning on friday. Aubrey fell asleep 20 min after we left and didn't wake up until 15 min before we got there. Meg slept most of the way and the other two were on and off. We had a great time in Co and saw lots of things. After we got settled we hung out at the pool for the afternoon. Friday night we went to a pizza place similar to Chuck e Cheese to celebrate Savannah's b-day. Saturday Val and I took the 3 older girls to Lakewood amusement park. It's a really old place so Val and I felt like we were going back in time. The kids had fun though. Glen watched the 3 younger girls while we were gone and had them napping all at the same time for 3 hrs. He's a saint! While we were gone Meg asked Glen "are you guys done staying here yet, are you ready to come home now?" Saturday night there were fireworks and an outdoor movie playing right behind where Val lives. Savannah thought that was pretty cool that she got to see fireworks on her birthday. Sunday we went to church and I was surprised how far away their church was and how big and area their ward was. I thought Co would be similar to Utah but not so much. Later we watched a movie in their clubhouse which has a theatre you can use. Later we went on a bike ride. Monday was our last day of fun so we took everyone to the Denver zoo for the day. It was nice and the animals were very active since we went first thing in the morning when it was cool. When we got back we had dinner then hung out at the pool for the rest of the night. They have a really nice pool at their apt complex with waterfalls that the girls liked to play in. We all packed up our car so it was all ready for us to leave at 6:00 the next morning. I had Glen carry the girls to the car while they were asleep hoping they would all sleep in the car the first few hours of the trip. So, much for plans...they were all four awake when we pulled out of the parking lot at 6:02. Aubrey and Meg went back to sleep but that's it. It was a very pretty drive through the rockies and I wanted the girls to be able to see that. They liked the tunnels and driving alongside the Co river where we could watch many groups of people river rafting. It was definately harder driving in the day though because of all the potty stops we had to make and stopping to eat twice. But, all in all it was a great vacation to end the summer with.