indoor slide

while staying at daniel's house in boulder, ryder and quinn slowly gravitated to the stairs. it started with rolling cars down, then marbles, then one evening ryder figured out the indoor slide, wow, was it hilarious! he had everyone laughing so hard.....it brought us all back to our own childhoods, weee!!

boulder, co

we got to cruise around boulder for a few days and show our kids our old stomping grounds, it really felt good to be back in such a beautiful town. the kids had fun playing on the pearl street mall, going on hikes, and playing at daniels house.

quick dip

we made a little stop in steamboat springs to treat out kids to one of our old favorites, hot water springs....in the middle of the mountains!

the kids were amazed! and it felt so good to swim around.

gorgeous!

our awesome travelers

first day on the road

we got on the road early tuesday morning, and took off around 630. the car was packed up to the top and the kids were snug in their car seats......the great american road trip!

we made it to tahoe, and had then discovered a flat tire, ugh!!

it ended up being okay, and ryder was quite interested, then we were on the road, again!

good-bye sharp family!

we had the opportunity to stay with the sharp family, once again, and like last time, it was wonderful!! they became our california family, and we feel lucky to have them in our lives.

sally and lindsey working hard on the kids cards. they sent along a few gifts (and a very sweet card) so they each had something new and special when the road trip was starting to get old:) we broke it out right before we left boulder, we needed something awesome to get through nebraska!

last game in lafayette

ryder got so good with the "standard" hopscoth, he insisted on making one to 20, whew, that's a workout!

check out how quinn picks up her rock, oh, it's so stinkin cute!!