Colorado 2020- Day 1

When COVID began and many states went into lockdown, we wondered if we were going to be able to go to Colorado this year.  And then we found out that HikeMS had been cancelled due to the pandemic.  We knew that our trip would look different from all of our other years, but we just couldn't imagine a summer without being in the mountains (even if everything was different) so we found a condo and headed to Breckenridge- our favorite place in Colorado. 

We made a quick stop in Amarillo to see Katherine, our good friend from college.  We had not seen her in several years so it was great to visit and catch up.  

We have 10 kids between the 3 of us and it was fun to see how much they had grown since the last time we were there.

Kat's daughter, JennaKate, made the kids sno-cones while we were there.  Ryan was quite the fan of his!

We had a few hours to kill before our condo was ready so we stopped in Colorado Springs to visit Garden of the Gods.  The kids loved climbing on the rocks and getting some energy out especially after being in the car for two days.

Garden of the Gods was beautiful and a great way to spend our afternoon but we couldn't wait to get to Breckenridge later that day!

Redecorating Eden & Lily's Rooms

The girls have been begging to redecorate their rooms so we enlisted the help of our very creative friend, Kayce, to help us.  The girls picked their themes (cactus for Lily and sea turtles for Eden) and we took them shopping one at a time.  Addison and Aubrey were also getting to redecorate their rooms so Eden went shopping with Aubrey and Lily went with Addison.  After we bought everything, Kayce came over and decorated their rooms without them.  Then we revealed their rooms to them just like the shows on HGTV!  Both girls loved their new rooms and it was fun to see how their rooms fit their personalities perfectly!  Thank you Kayce for giving the girls new spaces that they love!

Eden's room- BEFORE

Eden's room- AFTER

Lily's room- BEFORE

Lily's room- AFTER

May/June Little Things

Things have been pretty slow around her lately.  Most of our days look mostly like this: sleep late, swim, stay up too late, repeat!  Here are a few little things from the past two months:

Mrs.Click brought Lily a summer popcorn treat and we enjoyed it as our afternoon snack one day while we were swimming.

We went over to play with Holland and the triplets one afternoon and I enjoyed some reading time with Luke.  He loves books and is always up for reading some Spot!

We finally got patio furniture and can't wait to enjoy many family dinners together.

Maggie has enjoyed being lazy with us this summer.  She's enjoyed us being home so much and isn't going to know what to do when the kids go back to school in the fall. 

Sweet Wryn! She's always making us laugh!

Maggie loves to sit by the fence and watch the neighbors while they are fishing. 

Cousin sleepovers are the best!  Addison and Aubrey stayed at our house while Lily and Ryan slept at Granna's. 

One of Lily's friends moved to west Texas so we had a going away party for her with some of her closest friends.  We are sure going to miss Addi and her family but wish them the best of luck on their new adventure!

Cory and I celebrated our 22nd anniversary on June 20th.  We were able to get away for a few hours and have dinner in Sundance Square.  Here's to 22+ more years together!

This summer hasn't looked anything like we had hoped but we are making the best of it!  I'm so thankful our pool got finished just in time for quarantine.  I don't know what we would do every day if we couldn't swim!

Summer Baseball

Parker's spring baseball season got cancelled due to Covid but he was able to play in a couple of tournaments this summer.  He played with two different teams and loved every minute of it!

Parker usually plays 3rd base but his favorite thing to do is pitch.  I love watching him in his element- he stays cool, calm and collected no matter what happens.  

One of the dad's took some great pictures of the boys during the game and got a group shot afterwards.