Water babies

We are on day 6 of this great family trip and it's been full of FUN!;)
Yesterday we experienced July 4th. We set off in the morning to hit a miniature golf course for some serious family competitiveness. Well we hit three different locations and they mini golf courses were either run down or non existing. That was a 2-3hr adventure with some great sites. We ended up going back to our hotel. The plan was to swim all afternoon and then hit the Aurora Festival in the Park. The girls swam ALL afternoon(dad did swim a bit), mom got a lot of homework done, Oakly was catching up on his life back in Thorsby. It was time to hit the Festival in the Park. We pulled up to the City Hall(spectacular building) to an outdoor stage, face painting, balloon animals(unbelievable) and it was so not our thing. I waited in line with Avery to get he face painted for about an hour and she was still 13th in line. She looked at me and said well mom I don't need my face painted. So we went to find the others and in unison they all said "well that's an hour out of our lives we will never get back!" We hit the road to Chili's for supper. We parked in the perfect parking lot to watch the fireworks (that weren't going to start until 9:30). Supper was good but not long enough, we still had a 2 1/2hr wait for the Fireworks. Well worth the wait and they mad up for the not so fantastic festival at city hall.

Today we left to make our way to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. We passed through Vail, it was breathtaking!! The drive was so quick with all the scenery, that when we reached Glenwood I was a little disappointed. I loved watching the mountains change as we went around every corner.
We spent over 6hrs at the Glenwood Springs-Hot Springs, for the rest of the day. It was beautiful day to be out in the water and our red/white stripes will remind us for a few days! Ouch!! Hopefully that dark skin tone will kick in tomorrow and we will all brown up quickly.
I do have to say that I am very thankful for what I am able to do with my children and the blessed life we live. My children have seen so much of North America and we have a lot more to see.