3 Men & A Little Lady: Colorado Adventures

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Colorado Adventures

We were fortunate to spend a week in Colorado with Kenny's family after our Kansas visit with my family. I feel truly blessed to have married in to the most amazing family. I love having sisters, so when I married Kenny I was thrilled to gain 5 sister-in-laws. His sisters are always ready for a good time, so I always have a blast when I am with them. My boys absolutely adore their "aunties" and are already asking me when we will see them again. My in-laws are fabulous!!! They have always been very supportive and inspiring to me.

Our first adventure in Colorado was hiking Hanging Lake. I had never hiked up there before, so Kenny sent me with Drew and his sisters, while he stayed back with Ian, Owen, & his parents. Drew was so excited to go "up the mountain" as he called it and wanted to be the leader. He has always been nicknamed as our "little wilderness boy" because he loves to be out in nature and has incredible endurance. I was so proud of him as he led all of us girls up the trail. He was so cute as he called out to us, "Come on girls!" He never once wanted help as he climbed up and over huge rocks and never asked what direction to go.

The view at the top of Hanging Lake was breathtaking! I definitely want to hike up there again someday with the rest of my boys.

Our next adventure entailed an eleven mile bike ride along the Colorado River. I was a little doubtful before we started that I would even be able to ride that far, but it was surprisingly not that bad and probably the highlight of my week! We had Kelly and Clarissa meet us with Drew and Ian when we were half-way done so they could ride with us too. The boys made it 2 miles before we decided that was long enough for Ian. He had some tears at the end and a lot of complaining of how hot he was. Luckily, Aunt Carol had her camel back to entice him with water every five feet he rode. We did get chewed out by one biker who sternly told us to stay on our side of the trail when Ian was having one of his meltdowns. By the end of Ian's two miles he was walking his bike and ran into grandpas' arms when he saw him!

We had many other fun adventures while in Colorado. I will post a "Colorado Adventures part 2" in the future! Thanks Summers' Family for all the wonderful adventures and special memories made!

1 comment:

Babbel Family said...: Looks like lots of fun. Hanging lake is so beautiful, it is a fun hike!; August 7, 2008 at 9:06 PM

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

Last night Kenny went in on a call to deliver a goat and Ian came into our bed. He climbed in and snuggled up beside me, he usually snuggles into Kenny. I asked him why he was snuggling with me and he said, "I can snuggle you because daddy isn't here mom!" He is such a daddy's boy.

Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

Birthday parties celebrated in California are usually BIG! There is always a huge jumper, pinata, food for the whole family, and tons of presents. Well we went to a party last night and the boys spent 2 hrs. jumping in a big jumper. On our way home we saw another party going on that had an even bigger jumper with a slide attached. Ian asked, "Can we go to that party too?" I replied, "We don't even know who those people are. " His response, "Well lets just go ask them their names."

As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"