Every time I come to my blog to see if other people have updated their blogs I get frustrated that mine is so behind, and finally I am taking the time to fix that! Because this stuff happened such a long time ago! Spring was really busy, not that I noticed because I was in survival mode surviving morning sickness. Lily got pretty good at changing diapers and the kids got very used to me just laying/sleeping on the couch all day long. I had a lot of obligations that I said no to, which was awesome. Always nice to realize that there are a lot of pointless things that fill our time that don't NEED to fill our time, so we really can accomplish those things that are most important.
I am not quite sure why I said yes to this hike though. Adam wanted to take the kids up Waterfall Canyon, saying it was about a mile. I said "Sure! Sounds fun! Let me carry Isaac!" when I was really thinking, "At least we're not sitting around watching TV all Saturday."
So I think it was really like 3 miles uphill from the parking lot. It took us 2 1/2 + hrs up, and 1 1/2 hrs down. The kids were SO EXCITED. I really didn't think they could make it, as a few days earlier they had complained on a tiny walk I took them on by the river. All they wanted to do was climb, and that is what they did. Every few minutes when the adults needed a break, Isaac would throw rocks into the river and Lily and Jackson would start climbing the rocks straight up the hill. It was pretty fun to see them so into things.
We thought this was especially cute - Jackson crossing the stream on a log. He knows to use his arms for balance, just not the right way.
Here is Isaac at the top. He could probably spend about 90% of his time throwing rocks in water. It was such a nice afternoon, although we got home and I don't know if I moved the rest of the day.
The kids at the river walk - Isaac knows to say "cheese" and smile. He sure has grown up so much with Lily and Jackson as examples!
A few weeks into June we went to visit pregnant/just-got-off-bedrest Amanda in Colorado. We stopped in Cheyenne on the way to break up the trip. The kids were very happy in the pool with Dad - he's a lot more fun than me, since I usually immediately start trying to get them to do swim lesson exercises....
The next day was Father's Day, which we celebrated at breakfast at the hotel. The kids got Adam a test drive in a Ferrari at a race track. He disputes this fact, but I figured he's never going to have one of his own (and the drive was on sale).
Luckily my parents and Liz had visited Amanda during her bedrest, and had gotten a bunch of stuff done for her; I was completely useless and even managed to ruin one of their pots burning oatmeal, and my kids managed to destroy a few things as well. Not the most helpful guests, although Adam did a great job entertaining the kids for the most part.
We had a lot of fun in Denver and the kids were happy happy happy. Lily idolizes Amanda, who did her hair every day and is always so much fun. The boys got along quite well and I of course gained so much by observing Amanda's parenting, as always.
This picture took about 5 minutes to take. Jackson was SO SAD we were leaving, and actually spent about 20 minutes hiding in the basement when I told him we were going back home. Lily already asks when we're going back! She got the traveling gene like me. Unfortunately we didn't get to meet Samuel, who was born a week after we left, but are very glad we didn't put Amanda into labor from stress from our visit. :)
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