Colorado

The whole family loaded up in the car the day we moved out with our good friend Brad Gilbert and headed to Colorado. The boys really did great in the car. I was a little nervous about that... There were lots of movies watched (or actually just the same couple of movies repeatedly).

The boys had a ball. They did things they don't normally get to do, like play outside in their jammies, stay up super late, eat a bun with mustard for dinner...

The ZOE kids went every morning to do fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, snow sliding, and kayaking. The boys and I stayed at the camp and played with our friends the Hunters. We had a great time. The boys got super dirty every day. Noah thought the camp was Colorado... It was very cute!

There was not a lot of sleeping that went on while we were there. One night, Greg stayed with boys so I could go to the meeting. He said he had dosed off. When he woke up, John was standing in his bed and the boys were yelling back and forth and laughing.

On Wednesday evening, Greg flew home for a meeting. He flew back Thursday evening and then we hopped in the car on Friday morning to head home.

John with his two favorite things: hippo and a water bottle.

Noah playing hockey at 6am in his jammies

John following Noah around at 6am in his jammies

Taking an early morning "hike"

Noah doing a little rock climbing

Playing in the dirt - check out the nose

The day the ZOE kids went snow sliding, we went too. We drove and drove and drove. Then the bus just pulled off on the side of the road. Shelly and I looked at each other and discussed how we had envisioned a parking lot and some flat, safe areas for the kids. But, as was the theme of the week, we made the best of it! Initially, we thought maybe the kids could slide down, but once we saw the mountain, we decided it was much to steep for the them. So, they played along side of the road. They had a blast!

Heading off the play

So excited!

Sliding down on his bottom

Loving the snow

Having a snack

Playing with his snowball

Avery, Atley, and Noah

Loving each other...so sweet

Canon and Noah playing air hockey

Noah and Uncle Brad checking out the elk

Making a wide pass around the elk

Me and the boys

This sign was outside the area we had just walked through. Our friend, John Orf, was telling us where to go to see the elk. He said, "See that sign that says 'Danger?' That's where you want to go."

Noah following John on the yellow line

The whole group

The morning we left, there was a kickball tournament. The little kids played too. Noah kicked a home run.

Kicking the ball

Rounding the bases

Crossing Home

2nd Home Run

Playing in the park

Just hanging out

John with his buddy Champ (who broke out with chicken pox while we were there...poor little guy)