The start of September was spent enjoying time with Kayden and Emmett while the boys did their online schooling and getting ready to go to Colorado Springs.
Kayden looked so cute in this little starwars sweatshirt!!
Enjoying the nice weather!
Our only good sized carrot! haha
Kayden was loving eating watermelon. He is just so happy!!
The weather was just so nice outside and we were enjoying the non smoky weather out in our backyard.
Then we were off to Colorado Springs.
The future site of IN N OUT in Colorado Springs.
Zoo Day!!
The first day after arriving in Colorado Springs we headed to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. We had to wear our masks at the zoo but the kids were super excited to go and see the animals!
The kids thought the hippos were so cool!
All three of our boys got to have a turn trying to throw these bags of food over to the warthogs.
Ethan was so excited to see the silver back gorillas. He was reading the book "The One and Only Ivan" for school and was so excited to see a real live gorilla!
Kayden enjoyed seeing the animals too!
Kayden was not afraid at all to touch the goats. I think it would have been different if they were up and walking around trying to get food from people.
The only sloth we saw. haha Looked like it was dead!
The kids also saw a baby peacock and thought it was so cute!
Dip n Dots break!
The kids loved having a break and eating some yummy ice cream!
We ended our zoo day with feeding the Giraffes!
Even Kayden was brave enough to feed them. Although, after a tongue got his arm he did not care to feed them anymore. I was just surprised that he was brave enough to hold out the lettuce for the Giraffe! I mean Giraffes are huge and he is so tiny! haha
It was a good way to end the day!
Even with masks on it was a fun day at the Zoo.
Look at that happy boy!!
Kayden was so happy to not be in his stroller when we left. He was also super tired! We got back to the cars and cranked the A/C. It was so hot in our car!
Playing at the house and a little bit of Mini Golf!
Kayden loved their sand box! He only tried to eat the sand a couple of times. haha
Saturday morning the kids were up early and I decided to get up and go jogging before Kayden got up. I figured I needed to get a little bit of exercise before I started eating all the sweets that day. haha
While I was out I saw some hot air balloons in the sky. It was pretty cool!!
Then we got ready and went to play some mini golf with the kids.
We played for ice cream. It was me and Brandon vs. Tyrel and Vandy. Brandon and I won so Tyren and Vandy had to pay for our ice cream later that day. haha I like it when we win stuff like that!
The kids had a lot of fun....
Emmett however decided he needed to be grumpy because he didn't get something he wanted. So typical!! After having fun and letting them play mini golf he lets one things ruin his experience.
These two were so funny. They were sitting on the counter playing music and singing to it.
And this kid can't get enough of this piano! :-) It is pretty cute how much he likes the piano.
Kayden's personality it shinning through more and more. It is so fun!!
The kids had so much fun playing outside and just being with their cousins.
Then Tyrel set up his projetcor outside to watch a movie that night.
After many complaints about when the sun was going to be down enough to watch the movie it was finally time. We got blankets, pillows, popcorn and candy out and enjoyed watching the new "Mulan" movie. The kids loved it! It was a nice night and they don't have bad mosquitos like we do so we actually enjoyed being outside without getting eaten alive.
Paint Mines
Sunday morning we got up and had breakfast and then made our way to the Paint Mines to do a little Sunday morning hike. It was a fun morning walk and we got it in before it got really hot and windy.
Kayden really loved our hike because of the sand on the ground. He kept wanting to sit down and play with the sand. haha
The kids were so stoked to find this cave!
These boys are so strong they are holding up the rocks. haha
Kayden just kills me with his cuteness!! His little smile in the picture!! I just love it so much!!
We had a great time at the Paint Mines. Next time we will have to do a hike in the mountains and maybe go to a waterfall if they have any. The kids loved exploring and climbing on things that they were not supposed to! haha
The rest of Sunday was spent playing in the backyard again and just hanging out. Then Monday we played for a little bit and then took off right after lunch to let Kayden nap in the car on the way home.
Kayden could not get enough of the sandbox. haha
I think Emmett was just a little tired. He fell asleep like 10 minutes after we left with a bite of hamburger in his mouth! haha
As we got closer to home there were super dark clouds over us. We were not sure if it was going to be stormy or what it was. As we drove under it we realized that it was smoke!! The Cameron Peak fire that is burning not too far from here just exploded over Labor Day weekend. We could see big flakes of ash falling the farther under the clouds we got.
It was only 3 in the afternoon when we got home and it felt like 8 in the evening. It smelled so bad outside it was terrible. As you can tell from the picture there was ash everywhere. We still couldn't believe how bad it had gotten while we were gone. It was sad to come back to this. It made me want to turn around and go back to Colorado Springs so we could enjoy being outside!
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