Hello! We made an emergency vacation run to Colorado Springs on Friday, and had a chance to go hike around Garden of the Gods! We had a bunch of fun, and there were a lot of deer there too. These deer are "far" from the path. There was another spot (without a fence) where the deer were literally standing adjacent to the path eating some plants, so that's about as close as you can get. It was fun, and the kinds enjoyed climbing around on the rocks. Also, somehow when we took this picture I did NOT notice those poses, but they are amazing! Thanks kids!
I came up from work one morning to find Brooke sitting on the couch reading a chapter book! She REALLY likes these Magic Treehouse books. Her dance studio put in one of those little library book swap things, and she saw it there. I'm still not used to her being able to read so well.
On Friday Brooke had school in the morning (as opposed to afternoon kindergarten) because it was their Spanish cultural day and all the kindergarteners were performing together. Brooke did great, and she even ended up in the front row! It was a lot of fun to watch her sing.
Grayson managed to get his hands on a tissue box... This shouldn't be too surprising, as one of the highlights of his birthday was getting a roll of toilet paper and getting to unroll it, twice! He's a little trouble maker! Also, I don't have a picture to go with the video, but I was playing with Jelly with the laser pointer, and Grayson decided he wanted to grab it himself! I believe he's only chased the laser this once, but now he laughs really hard when Jelly chases it around.
The great thing about Brooke having a single day of morning kindergarten is that we could escape Friday afternoon to Colorado Springs. Why was it so important to make it Friday afternoon? Because Niki was coaching a lacrosse game there! The kids made it through the game alright, but it was all worth the wait when we got to see Niki afterward!
After the lacrosse game we headed to Garden of the Gods. The kids really enjoyed climbing around, though I did have to be extra observant of Grayson. He was definitely willing to try climbing around, for better or worse. Fortunately he never fell.
I climbed up on a wall and asked Monica to take a picture from down low so it would look like I was up high. In the end I feel like it looks like I grabbed the wall and lifted up my feet... which is exactly what happened... I think the picture's funny, so it still made the cut.
Since Grayson seemed to have some climb in him, I put him up high on a ledge that I saw. He was alright with it for a little bit, but I think he got a little nervous being that high up after a minute or two.
After Garden of the Gods, we went out to dinner, and then to the hotel room. We could have just driven home and been fine, but the girls LOVE staying in hotels, so honestly, a big part of coming on this trip was to stay in a hotel. We've been to this one before, so we picked it again cause we knew it fit everyone well. Here are the girls sleeping. Brooke came in after a little to tell me the mattress was too uncomfortable, so I put the couch cushions on top of it, and she said that was great! Also, we put Grayson's pack n' play in the closet, and I wish I took a picture of that...
Grayson slept REALLY great in the closet. He slept in till 8 if I'm remembering correctly. He was very happy the next morning, and was also excited to run around with his "ganky." We actually have two videos, but the first one didn't turn out quite as well because he found Brooke's water cup from dinner the night before and HAD to steal the straw...
The kids wanted to watch a little TV in the morning, so we let them while we were getting things ready to leave. They seem to be enjoying Sponge Bob.
Niki's team had a game in Colorado Springs on Friday and another on Sunday in north Denver, so of course they stopped in Parker for lunch on the way up! We met Niki for lunch and had a great time.
I got out my golf sim on Saturday night to play Valero with the tour. Jelly saw her number 1 enemy, my golf net, and got straight to work. I wonder if she'll ever get over this. As it is, I always have to close her in my room when I want to play.
I think I mentioned Monica getting plants ready for the garden, but I'm not sure. Here's our indoor setup, with seeding trays and grow lights. Things are going GREAT right now. I'll have to get an updated picture for next week, but there's something growing in almost every spot now, and some of them are pretty big too. The biggest challenge currently is keeping Jelly and Grayson out of it. Grayson has pulled one plant already (but we think there's multiple seeds in that one, so should be okay hopefully), and last year Jelly ate ALL of the plants when they sprouted. Hence the lids on the side, and we now have a box taped to the short side as well to keep everyone out.
Of course, is as tradition around here, we had cinnamon rolls with conference! I sure do love our semi-annual cinnamon rolls!
That's all I've got for this week. Hopefully I don't forget to write again this Sunday, but better late than never! Have a great few days.
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