Most families take a summer vacation. This summer, we are taking a "stay"cation. Brian is taking a whole week off of work, which means a whole week to play! With as much as Brian travels, being at home is more of a vacation then going someplace. Plus, we decided it would work out better for our kids to see some close-to-home sights rather than ware them out with long travel plans and must-see's of a trip anywhere else.
We kicked it off with a fun date night up to Sundance with some friends on Friday night. We saw the outdoor Broadway musical, "The Fantastiks," and enjoyed a BBQ but mostly snuggling close together in a big fleece blanket. Although it is August, it felt like Fall...being in the mountains with cooler weather, it was down right chilly!
Yesterday, we had a perfectly fun day! We went out to breakfast with the kids, shopped for picnic items for our lunch, and then took them up to Sundance to ride the lift. At the top we took a short hike to find a beautiful picnic spot underneath some Mountain pines. It was son fun. Zoey was kicking and squealing with excitement the whole time and Jackson could hardly sit still for even a minute to eat. They loved it! Afterwards, we fed some fish in a pond (with potato chips of all things)!We fed a whole school of rainbow trout, which Jackson thought was pretty cool. After a long afternoon nap, we went to the park and had Hamburgers. Jackson stayed up late to watch a movie with us, and we get to do it all again today!
We'll keep you posted on our adventures this week! We have a fun schedule planned for the kids and we are looking forward to doing these things with them too! The best part is that it's all in our "own back yard" so we get to work around nap schedules and things. Everyone's happy about that!
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