Home on the Range

After our delightful time in Colorado I was crazy and took the kids to Nebraska for a little over a week by myself. We stayed at the farmhouse. It turned out to be one of my favorite times with the kids ever. We went outside every night after dark and counted stars, hunted for bugs, stalked kitties. The kids played at Jack and Linda Fannings house a lot! We went over for breakfast one morning then kids played with kittens, rode a baby cow (a Celf phonetically spelled), played on a gravel pit, played with the cats, ran around like two nutballs. We spent a lot of time with Russ and Lori Pankonin and enjoyed every moment! I got to see my Great Aunt Hulda! We played at Troy and Evelyns House a lot! We rode 4 wheelers, took over their hot tub, tortured their dogs, rode their tractor. When we could do no more damage, we left. It was awesome!

Continental Divide

We took a vacation with my family to Grand Lake Colorado in Sept 2011. We recently moved back to California from Japan. We spent 5 awesome days with family in a gorgeous place at 9000 feet. We had so much fun! We had a picnic in a beautiful park with 2 lakes. The kids had smores for the first time! We hiked around the lakes with family. We took a hike up to Adams Falls and found the most amazing rock skipping spot ever! Max could have thrown rocks forever. We went all the way up to the top of the Continental Divide in the hopes of seeing snow, what we found was 35 degrees of wind, rain and fog. The kids wouldn't even get out of the car! We drove back down the hill into Rocky Mountain National Park and hiked back to a stream. We saw Elk, Moose and an old mining cabin. We had a wonderful time!