Gwyn - Gwyn - Gwyn - And Papa's Birthday Too!

After being told for the last month that she got to stay at Nana and Papa's house for an entire week (while Jessi, Gary, Evan and Kenzie headed to Knoxville, TN for Globals in Destination Imagination), Gwyn finally woke up and asked her mom if today was the day to go AND IT WAS!!!

I headed up to Denver after a little bit of shopping and picked Gwyn up at the sitters' since Gary and Jessi were both working late and we headed to their house to eat dinner and pack up her clothes!  Since Gwyn's 3rd birthday was just a couple days ago, I had brought up a present that I knew she would love and could use!!  I only ordered one from Amazon but they sent two!!  Since they're so skinny and small, I kept the 2nd one and we filled them both with her clothes and dolls to come to our house!

Gwyn was more than ready to get in the car and go much to her parents' dismay - I KNOW they will miss her like crazy!  We made great time getting home and Gwyn was so excited when we got to our house!

We put a mattress on our bedroom floor and made her a bed there - she slept great every night and even went to bed well!!  Course she was pretty exhausted every night as we kept her busy!!

Tuesday was Glenn's birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  And to celebrate it he had jury duty!  Luckily he didn't have to spend all day there and was home late morning!!  Gwyn and I made scrambled eggs for breakfast - she loves to stir!!

Jessi had sent home a ready to bake pan of CINNAMON ROLLS!!!  Oh my gosh they were SO GOOD!

Our days were spent between the "play park" as Gwyn called it (swing and sandbox), playing with her babies and riding her bike in the shop!

Rayna and Kylan stopped over - how fun!!

Glenn opened a couple of his gifts - new shorts!!

And things for the camper!

She was all tuckered out at the end of the day - a bath was in order and she couldn't understand why she had to take it in the bathtub instead of the hot tub!!  I had 3 little boats she played with and when I went to grab the lotion under the sink, there I discovered one more boat so she had 4 to play with the next night!  Gwyn was so excited I had found a blue boat!

I'm not sure who was more tired - Gwyn or me!!

New Mexico Fishing

Travel time again................Glenn usually wants to go fishing somewhere in the spring and he'd been looking at this lake in New Mexico for a long time!  So with the 5th wheel packed for the summer and the boat trailing behind, we left on a Thursday morning at the crack of dawn!

Breakfast was at Arby's in Raton - we discovered this place a couple years ago as they have a huge parking lot in the back so it's easy to pull in there - AND they have a great breakfast which we like so  much better than other fast food places!!  Guess what bush was right there by the drive through!!
I decided if I put it in the vent, I'd have that wonderful scent all the way to Lake Conchas!

We finally arrived and it was hot - very hot!! There were 2 campgrounds almost side by side but the majority of the camp sites were "reservation only" and since Glenn didn't think there would be hardly anybody camped there, we didn't make them - BIG MISTAKE!!  Both places were packed!!  And we needed electric because of the heat!!

We found the camp host and asked about the "reserved sites" (which you can only stay for one night if it's open) and she told us there was ONE regular spot left so we better take it fast before it got taken  - which is what we did!!  The site was kind of down from the top row so no phone service at all unless you walked up to the other campground and then it was kind of spotty!!

Here's the lake.

And here's our spot - lower row.  At least we had a tree which was nice but it was so darn hot out that the a/c ran all day!!  Temps were in the high 90's!!

Glenn fished in the afternoon that we arrived and all day the next day but to no avail - lots of snags in the lake and he wasn't impressed at all!  So cross Lake Conchas off the list - been there and don't have to go back!!

Saturday morning we decided to head out and go back to Pueblo!  Because it was a weekend, again the campgrounds were packed AND full for the electric.  We had to pull into the non-electric campground for the night and as we pulled into the spot, I saw a tent right up on the ridge (a walk-in tent spot) and I jokingly said to Glenn, there's the party spot!!  Sure enough, teenagers pulled into park and walked up there that evening!!  They weren't super loud but enough that it woke me up once during the night!!

I knew that on Sunday a lot of the campers would leave and when Glenn came back from his morning fishing, we moved the camper over to a great spot by the lake!!  I was MUCH happier there and enjoyed walking around the campground and doing a lot of reading!

There was an awesome sunset that night!

Surprisingly it wasn't hot there - a cool front had set in and the temps were in the 70's so very manageable!  Glenn caught several walleye so was happy about that and we enjoyed our time there!!

I think Glenn has realized that our own backyard has better fishing than other states - he sure didn't catch much in Ks., had a real "bust" in Neb., and now this place in N. Mexico didn't meet his standards!!  Pueblo Reservoir and Aurora Reservoir usually come through!!

Checking In With The Savages

It was time to visit the Ft. Collin bunch as we hadn't seen them (except Jill) since before Mexico!  We headed up early on Friday to make a stop at Jessi's office to get adjustments - they were truly needed!

Friday was a crazy day as Jill had a late appointment at school, it was the spring festival at the kids' school and Parker had a make-up flag football game!   Also in the mix was Robby and Glenn looking at a camper!!

I took both of the kids to the spring festival - it was a Star Wars theme with lots of bounce houses and food!  The kids had fun and I snapped this pic of Parker before I took him to the parking lot to meet Robby and Glenn for his game!

Aleah and I hung out at the festival till Jill got there and we headed home!  Parker did great at his game and even pulled 7 flags!!

Jill and I spent the evening researching Walt Disney World - it's amazing how much information there is online and since I've been there 3 times, I had lots to show Jill!!

Saturday morning we all headed out early for Parker's game but it wasn't to be - about 1/2 way to the game, Parker threw up in the car - poor kid - of course he didn't feel like playing so we just headed back to the house.  Robby and Glenn went fishing for the remainder of the day (but Parker didn't feel like going) and Jill and I spent ALL DAY working on Disney World stuff!

Sunday Parker felt great so he headed out with the guys to fish!  Isn't he cute?

Jill, Aleah and I headed to Scheel's in Loveland to get Glenn's Fathers' Day gifts - unfortunately we didn't find what we were looking for but we rode the ferris wheel!!  COOL!!

And looked at all the neat animals and fish!

And took photos!!

Oh and we stopped for coffee and smoothies but since the coffee line was almost 15 people deep, I opted to get a smoothie too and they were delicious!!

The guys sent this picture of Parker - he was so excited to catch a fish!

I LOVE going to Ft Collins in the spring because of all the beautiful trees AND the blooming lilacs!  Jill's lilac bush was in bloom so of course I decorated her table and even brought some home!

Since the guys fished till late afternoon, we ended up just spending another night and heading home on Monday morning (after rush hour!)   Thanks Robby and Jill for a great weekend!!