Our Trip to Colorado (Steamboat Springs)

David took off for Colorado on Friday night with Isaac and Emma.  We had all planned on driving; but, the week of our trip Dave concocted a new plan for me to fly with the baby since Josiah hates his carseat so much.  It is so stressful to listen to him scream even from our house to church...much less from our house to Colorado!  It was a genius plan.  :)  

Josiah and I spent the night at my parent's house after seeing Dave and the bigs off on their road trip!

Josiah and Pop snuggling on Saturday morning

It was my mom's birthday on Saturday, and we had such a fun and relaxing morning eating breakfast, chatting, and cuddling baby Josiah.  

ready for takeoff~Josiah's first flight!

I'm pretty sure nobody even knew there was a baby on board!  I brought a bottle for Josiah, and he was completely quiet the entire flight!

While we were flying to Denver, Dave and the kids took a break from driving in Colorado Springs and explored Garden of the Gods.

They picked Josiah and me up in Denver, and we drove to Steamboat.  We arrived at Nana and Papa's just a few minutes after midnight.

Despite getting in at midnight, Isaac and Emma were up so early the next morning.  I found them upstairs, where they had dressed themselves after finding and opening their suitcases!  Isaac wore this cowboy hat nearly the entire time we were at Papa and Nana's.

Nana and Josiah snuggling at church

Emma and Isaac found some of Dave's toy guns from childhood and were on the hunt for bears.  :)

discovering toys that belonged to Daddy, Uncle Jon, and Uncle Mike when they were little

We went down to the library, park and river the next morning.  Isaac and Emma loved crawling around on the rocks at the river's edge.  We thought it was a little chilly and were bundled up in our sweatshirts!

Look at this smiley guy!  Nana borrowed a swing from the church since the swing is pretty much Josiah's favorite place to be. 

a rainbow after the rain shower

On Tuesday morning, we went down to the ski mountain where the kids had a blast playing in this creek.  The water was ice cold, but Isaac definitely didn't mind!

Nana's music box is a favorite!  I love this picture of my boys.

We attended an African drumming and dance concert on Tuesday evening.  My kids loved it, and Isaac still loves to dance "the way the Africans do"--it was loud and lots of fun!  :)

This is real life.  :)

After the concert, Papa and Nana watched our kids so we could go on a date!  

Tim let Dave take his Porsche, which Dave loved driving.  We drove around Steamboat until sunset (beautiful!), and then we had dinner at the Ore House.

early mornings with this sweetie--I think he looked so cute in his pajamas (which he never wears in the Texas summer)

We went to Fish Creek Falls on Wednesday morning.

You can see Fish Creek Falls behind us in this picture.  

Isaac and Emma loved playing in the water, and Isaac found many new rocks to add to his ever-growing rock collection.

We loved eating outside in the beautiful weather!

s'mores with Papa at the fire pit

Susie took Isaac on an afternoon date to pan for gold and play mini-golf.  Isaac had never played mini-golf before, and he was so proud because he got a hole-in-one!  

We love you, Papa and Nana!