Friday, July 20, 2012

Busy Summer

It's hard to believe how fast summer break is going this year.  We've been keeping busy, having fun playing with friends and family and doing just a little bit of traveling too.  This post will catch you up through the 2nd of June. 

Just after school got out we went down to Alamosa to visit family.  While there we went to The Great Sand Dunes National Park.  My parents, my brother and his girlfriend, and my niece and nephews went with us.  Luckily it was a beautiful day with no wind (trust me you don't want to be there with the spring winds, talk about getting sand blasted).  The river was running very low this year but the kids had fun playing in it anyway.  We spent the morning playing in the water, had a picnic lunch then a little more sand fun before heading out. 


Next stop was the Sand Dunes Swimming Pool in Hooper, CO with it's crazy warm water for some more fun. The water comes out of the ground HOT. The pool is at an amazing 98-100 degrees and the therapy pool is at 105-107 degrees without being heated.  The best part is that because of the temperature they do not need to use chemicals to keep the pool healthy.
 There is a nice slide and small pool for the kids, picnic areas with BBQ grills, volleyball courts and they even had a little inflatable bounce house.
 They also have a fantastic view the Sangre de Cristo mountain range.

On Memorial Day, my mom and nephew Owen come up to our house for a week of fun in the big city.  It was a fun and busy week!

We went to Chuck E. Cheese, bungee trampoline jumping at the mall 

and a carnival in the mall parking lot.


We went to Tiny Town

and saw...

 
a tiny firehouse, a tiny theater, a tiny windmill....

and a tiny jail with some rotten criminals :0) ....

who repented their sins at a tiny church...

and got to ride on a tiny train!

We also went to Big Time Trampoline Center and had a blast

 jumping and swinging...



the foam pit was the most fun!

We went to the Denver Zoo to see the new Toyota Elephant Passage
on the first day it was open to the public.

Some of the animals we saw...



the boys played on a poo powered tuk-tuk (it's fuel source is manure and trash)...


We got to meet some new friends including 2 rhinos and 2 new male elephants...



and our old elephant friends Dolly & Mimi


On the last day we played with a giant squishy bag (thanks to Pintrest for the inspiration)



We had a blast with Owen!
June was just as busy.  Check back becuse that post will be coming along soon and will be as lengthy as this one!



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