Memorial Weekend we took a short trip up to Colorado. Monica has some family up there and her cousins had a big party to celebrate some of their achievements. We were so excited to be able to make the trip and we were interested to see how the girls would do with their first big road trip. We were very much prepared…movies, snacks, toys and books.
We left Friday afternoon right after Monica got out of work and headed to Amarillo. We made excellent time.

It was up early on Saturday morning, we were packed and on the road by 5am. The girls slept for a couple more hours and we were able to make it almost through New Mexico before they woke up. Must say, we hit the Colorado boarder and the speed limit went to 75, LOVED IT! The views were fabulous and the rest of the trip was good. We made it to our hotel around noon and had about an hour to get ready to head to the party. Monica’s family was having a big celebration for their 3 kids. A big congrats to Brandon, Trevor and Michaela. Brandon graduated from College (has a job now), Trevor graduated from High School (going to Aviator school) and Michaela is entering middle school. A new adventure for each of them and we are so proud them!
At the party. (sorry for a lack of photos, Monica needed to do a better job)

Not the first picture we have of her going for the good stuff…

trouble for sure.

We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out with our family and catching up.
The next morning, the girls of course were up early so what else was there to do? We went swimming!

Karyn is looking first….

checking it out still…

sitting next to Daddy, not so bad.


Finally! The girls loved it once they warmed up.

Looks like a good conversation to be had.

After a good swim it was time to head over to Uncle Fred and Aunt Norma’s place. We went and spent the rest of the day with them. It was so much fun to just hang out and enjoy catching up. Here are some photos from the afternoon.







Of course we had to take time to get some family shots in.






Happy 7th Anniversary

We finished our trip on Monday by making the straight shot back home since we both had to be back at work on Tuesday. Our trip took 13.5 hours to get home, 2 stops for fuel and 1 stop for lunch. Not bad! We hope to make a trip back to Colorado were we can stay a little longer.