Can't Silence These Lambs: Colorado Vacation - Friday

We woke up at Sleep Inn and had contenental Breakfast (a big bonus when you have kids). We loaded the car, which by the way takes forever when you have kids too, and headed to see Aunt Phyllis. The most exciting part of the drive this day was when we passed "Wind Turbin City" Those things are so amazing to see. Me and Mike talk about them the whole time. It really helps pass the time on the drive through the exciting land of Kansas. We had several pit stops this day. We finally got to Phyllis's house early afternoon. We were so excited to see her. She showed us around the house while the boys stretched their legs. We unpacked the car and just visited about the trip until my parents arrived about 2 hours behind us. After a delicious dinner of grilled chicken and baked potatoes, we headed for walk. Phyllis has a park not far from her house so we decided to walk to the park. It was a great walk and felt great to just be out and about in Colorado. Below are some pictures from Day 2!

Wind Turbin City

The closest one to the car

We made it to Colorado!!!

Tried the spicy chicken mcbites! Spicy....but good!

The boys with another good behavior prize. Max got a spiderman car and Alex got a vibrating teether. These were their "big surprises". They definately bought us some more time.

The vibrating teether worked! Alex was soundly sleeping after a few minutes.

Even Max had to take a nap right before we got to Aunt Phyllis' house.

We saw these HUGE tires. I had to take a picture. They were crazy big.

Phyllis just got back from her trip to Russia. We got to watch a really neat DVD of her trip and talk all about it. It looked like a really fun trip. She brough back "matruska dolls" That's not how you spell it I'm sure, but it is how you pronounce it. Anyways....each of the 5 grandkids got one. They are little wooden dolls that have smaller dolls inside of them, and even smaller dolls inside of them....it's like a puzzle. The kids love them. My mom has had one at her house that we have all played with for about the last 20 years. Now all of the grandkids have their own!

Me and Mike got a candy bar from Germany....yum We ate it all before we got back from Home.

I made Phyllis a patriotic wreath. We would be visiting over 4th of July so I thought this was a cute idea, but of course she can pretty much hang it anytime between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend. I'm glad it turned out.

I know it's sideways, but I had to include it because it's a cute pic. Max and his aunt Phyllis.

Alex took a nap during dinner. We wore this kiddo out!

Max walked with Aunt Phyllis to the park

The whole gang headed for our walk

The view of the big Colorado Wildfire from Phyllis's house. We kept a close eye on this the whole time we were there. I am so glad they finally got this thing contained and save so many houses and great landmarks of Colorado Springs.