Beautiful Wyoming!!

I know it sounds weird to have the word beautiful and Wyoming together, but we decided to take a nice hike today and it was beautiful. We went to Curt Gowdy State Park only 20 miles from our house. Kyle did a really good job keeping up with us! He enjoyed seeing the creek! Payton did a really great job hanging out in the backpack, there was a lot of stuff for her to look at. We enjoyed lunch by some hidden falls!

Christmas in August!!

So the camping trip that we have been planning and looking forward to for the last two months got cancelled. Even though Cheyenne has 360 days of sunshine a year this was the one weekend all year that it rained nonstop! It never rains here for more than an hour at a time, but this weekend it rained the entire time!! So how could we cheer ourselves up, nothing better than cuddling up on the couch with some homemade hot chocolate and watch the Polar Express (aka Kyle's favorite movie). He can actually quote the entire thing!! It defiantly lifted our spirits and after dancing to the "HOT CHOCOLATE" song we totally forgot about not getting to go camping! Maybe, next year we will make it out camping.

Family Fun Day!

We decided to take a day trip up to Estes Park. It turned out to be a fun adventure. We had to make a long stop in Loveland to change a very gross explosive diaper that included a change of clothes and a complete car seat clean out. Thank you very much Payton. Both kids were pretty good sports about the whole thing. Kyle sat quietly and Payton was just happy to finally be dry and clean. We finally made it up to Estes Park and took two steps and it started to rain. We quickly found a place to eat lunch and try to wait out the rain. It continued to rain so we took our chances, we didn't get too wet and the rain kept the kids entertained. As we were walking down the main street shopping my eyes caught a very familiar sign from Texas; it said "Bluebell Ice Cream". I just about wet my pants, my most favorite ice cream that I only get when we visit Texas was available right here in Colorado!! Even though we are on small diets Derek and I treated ourselves to a small scoop of Birthday Cake Ice Cream we shared with the kids so we really didn't go off the diet to bad!! It was heavenly!!! We had a great day and lots of fun!

Payton Update!

Payton has been successfully sleeping in her big girl bed now for a couple of nights. She adapted to it better than Kyle did. It only took about 30 min of us going in and putting her back in her bed before she got the idea that she needs to stay in bed. Now she is a pro! She is also walking everywhere and trying to run! It is really fun but kind of inconvenient when we are out in public and all she wants to do is walk by herself.