We're a Travelin' Fam Part 3

Finally, I will post about our trip to Colorado.  I have 2 siblings who live in Colorado.  My brother and sister-in-law who live in New York decided they were going to make the drive out to Colorado and wanted to see who wanted to have a family reunion there.  As is turns out 6 of the 7 siblings in my family and my mom were able to be there!  It was great!  It has been a really long time since so many of us have been all together.  (I guess last October there were 5 of us together)  The last time we were all together was at my wedding 9 years ago.  The difference with then and this time around was that the wedding was so crazy and busy that we really didn't get to spend much time together.  This time around, thanks to my sister and my niece, we had lots of fun activities planned and created some wonderful memories.  Thank you, thank you Sheri and Ellen!  Kenneth had to stay at home and work and greet the first of his family who arrived at our home.  We wished he could have been with us, too.
Here are some pictures of those few days:

We went on a hike through Castlewood Canyon.  It was a wonderful evening.  My kids even went on the whole hike without complaining!  That's what good influence of cousins does, I guess!

Grant and his COUSIN (he's only, oh, 30 years older)

My brothers- aren't they great!

Gorgeous view during our hike.

Sydney and Arianna- cousins on the hike.

Kate asleep in the carrier on the hike.

 After the hike we cooked 'pudgy pies' and had so much fun just being together.

The next day we went to a very fun indoor pool with water slides and a lazy river and a great kiddie section.  Sorry, no picture of that- I was doing all I could to keep track of all my children!  I could not have done it without help from my mom and sisters and sisters-in-law and nieces, that's for sure!

Field Day!

More field day fun

My nephew and brother-in-law

Cousins having fun with water guns and buckets!

He's sopping wet!

Kate and Holland- second cousins once removed?  I think?

Whose toes are whose?

Emma and Kate and Becky and Holland (cousins)

Crafts with Grandma

The concentration!

Forts!

More forts!  The cousins had so much fun playing together.

We had a beautiful musical evening. There are some very talented people in my family!

S'mores!

I am so glad I was able to spend some time with my family.  It was worth the 7 hour drive to be there with everyone.  So, there you have it.  Hopefully, before too long I will be able to post about Kenneth's side of the family and the reunion we had here at our pad!