Colorado Trip

These post are a little out of order but I had a lot to catch up on.

After Lake Powell we continued on to Colorado to stay w/Tyler's parents. My sister also lives in Denver now (Tyler and I both grew up in Arvada, until 8 years ago, my parents moved to Utah) and we kept pretty busy. B/w reading Breaking Dawn , eating more food, playing more games and exercising and letting the kids roam free while I slept in :), we saw Dark Knight again, jogged w/my sisters-in-law, went to Heritage Square, did some service for the stake, went to play group and finally had my 10-year class reunion.

Here are a few snapshots of our trip. First Heritage Square. We went down the Alpine slides and Samuel and Jocelyn loved it! And then Samuel was brave enough to go on the roller coasters that were big enough for a companion adult to go along.

Here is Samuel and G'pa getting pedicures.



Then as part of the 10-year Reunion we went to a Rockies game, got rained on for an hour, were on the big screen, and it was my sister Rose and her boyfriend's first pro-baseball game. Pictured are me and my two sisters, 3 of Tyler's sisters and his mom and dad and Rose's boyfriend.







Samuel was a lousy sleeper in Colorado too. After CO we continued on to my parents for a few days where Samuel stepped on a nail and he and Jossy played with the hundreds of grasshoppers jumping in my parents yard.

But now we are home, after nearly 3 weeks. It took me nearly a day to recover but I think we're back on track now. I've got to get into the swing of things before Tyler starts school. We started potty training Samuel again after he saw a picture of a "crane that picks up dirt" in a Little Critter book. So I used bribery. I told him he could have one like it if he pooped on the potty which hasn't happened yet. Ugh. I hope we can get through this trial or I'll end up homeschooling bcse he's not allowed into schools. Prayer, patience and other things have not worked yet. Maybe a blessing? Magic? A miracle? A potty trainer. We're seriously thinking of hiring one. If they exist. At least he's back on his sleep schedule (going to bed by 9pm instead of 11pm, until we can push it back to 8pm) and doesn't awake at night anymore. Jocelyn has been a trooper through the whole vacacy. I think it's the age, to be honest. She's been fantastic and my "favorite"child through all of this.

Anyway, my trials are centered around Samuel right now. If I can get through this phase w/o losing it then perhaps I'll be able to get through the teenage years w/o having a hernia, heart attack or anything else that starts w/ an H. Welcome home to us!