Saturday, December 4, 2010

Thanksgiving in Colorado

We got to spend Thanksgiving week in Colorado this year. We had never been there before and it was a beautiful place to visit. We stayed at my brother Erik's house and here are some of the things we did while we were there:

Did everything we could to keep Valerie happy on the plane, including torturing my poor nephew Caleb


Played games with our cousins


Fell asleep on daddy's shoulders while going for a walk. She was exhausted from throwing a minimum of 25 tantrums a day (no joke) It's a good thing she's so darn cute.






Went for a walk with our cousins. It was COLD!!










Attended the baptism of my sweet niece Meagan!



Celebrated Damon's 5th birthday!

Fixing the pinata that broke after Damon's first swing....




Went to the Butterfly Pavillion



Held a tarantula named Rosie







Admired a turtle















Hung out with all the family



Ate a yummy Thanksgiving dinner







Wrestled Darryl









Played with grandma and grandpa Hicken




















Watched movies with our cousins


Hauled all these kids through the airport :)


Big thanks to Erik and Amber for being such great hosts and for being patient with a house full of rowdy kids! We love you!! (Let us know what all we broke/ruined/destroyed and how much we owe you..haha)

9 comments:

Mom said...

I just love ALL those pictures- the one with Valerie asleep on Darryl is a classic!

Wendy said...

I'm glad you guys had such a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing all the great photos! The kids and I had fun looking at them.

Anne Marie said...

Sounds like a fun, busy week!!! Glad you had such a good time!

Cassandra said...

I didn't know they were in Colorado, it's beautiful out there. Fun that you could all be together!

Spencer and Emily Nelson family said...

That looks like a week full of fun! LOVE the pic of Valerie asleep on Darryl's head, so precious.

Snow Family said...

I need to post mine too.

Dana & Genni Bain said...

Valerie is just darn cute! She is such a model in that one photo.

Amber said...

Sure was a fun week. We miss you guys!

Doug said...

Wish we could have been there. No way I would have gotten within 100 feet of that tarantula. And I love how the kids are wrestling and Caleb is sitting in the background not even caring haha