Camping at Mitchell Twenty-Ten

This past weekend we went to Mitchell State Park with some friends that we have gone camping with for four summers in a row now. We arrived on Thursday night and it was pouring rain. We backed our trailer into our site and I took the boys to Burger King with some of the group while Fisherman set up in the rain with my rain coat on. The picture above was taken out the camper door. The water was over the top of my feet walking to the camper. Needless to say we were a little worried how the rest of the weekend would go.
The water dried up by our camper, but pooled in the middle of our group's four trailers that I dubbed "Bebo lake" because he spent a lot of his time there. The picture above is the first morning after the storm, this is Bebo's first outfit for the weekend.

This is what Bebo did all weekend. Two of the kids had little fishing poles along and Bebo was always trying to use them so I ended up running to the store to get one of his own. He LOVED it.

The weather got better and we even headed to the beach for some lunch and some time in the water.

This is Bebo's third outfit for the weekend. He fell into Bebo Lake.

Despite his wet backside he was still a happy little camper.

This is Monk fishing in Bebo Lake as well. There were four little boys that spent most of their time there. We had a GREAT weekend with our friends and created a lot of memories. Can't wait til next year.

Colorado Vacation Days 10 & 11 - Friday & Saturday

On Friday we had a good last day. We went to a little petting farm with the boys in the morning.

Monk LOVED feeding the animals.

For lunch we went to Sonic. We have never been to this chain before and have heard good things about it. Monk wanted a blue slushy so badly so here he is drinking it.

After nap we headed to my parents campsite and the boys went swimming in the pool. Monk had been begging all week to swim in the pool and this was the first time we actually did.

At night we got together with some good friends that live near my brother and it was soooooooo great to see them. On Saturday we woke up EARLY in the morning and headed home. We drove the whole day and got home the same day. This vacation was one of our best so far in my mind. The boys are at a fun age and we were able to do so many fun things. I didn't like to see it come to an end.

Colorado Vacation Day 9 - Thursday

On Thursday Fisherman went fishing so the boys and I headed with the rest of the group to the Denver Zoo.
Bebo talked about the Zebras pretty much the whole time we were there. He could not WAIT to see them.

Monk's favorite part of the zoo was the seals. He liked that they did some tricks with their trainers.

The Hippo is my favorite. I just can't get over how crazy looking they are.

After the zoo we headed over to eat at Casa Bonita. This was the Monk man in the car. They were whipped.

Casa Bonita was one of my favorite parts of the trip even though it was me with two crabby boys that didn't get a good nap during the day. It was so much fun to eat in a place like this. If you are ever in Denver, you must go just for the experience. It is a HUGE place with a waterfall in the front. They do some shows at the front and have divers that jump into the water.

Besides being super tired at the end of the day and not being with my husband, this was one of my favorites.

15 WeEkS

I still have more vacation pictures that I would like to post, but I wanted to take a little break here to post something about this new special baby that I have forming inside my body. Yesterday marked 15 weeks. Fisherman and I could not be more thrilled that this baby has made it this far. I have heard it's little heartbeat three times already. Each time gives me a little more reassurance. I heard it's first little beat at 6 weeks, 11 weeks, and just this past Monday. I have always been grateful for the gift of my two boys, but this time around I am feeling beyond blessed to be able to have another biological child. My eyes have been opened to the loss and struggle of many families to be able to conceive and maintain a healthy pregnancy with no complications. The pain that goes along with this is unfathomable unless you have experienced it for yourself. There are some days that I forget because I get so caught up in "life," but I am reminded time and time again of how blessed I am. We won't be finding out the sex of the baby. I am tempted to believe me, but right now my main focus is my two boys and I need to focus on those two primarily until there are three in my arms. People ask me if I want a girl. That seems to just be a main topic when you already have some of the same sex. IF you would have asked me this question a year ago my answer would have been completely different. I think that some space in my heart will always desire a daughter, BUT I would be over the moon with a healthy baby boy. I know that no matter what I am given or when I am given it, my family will be complete and it will be perfect for Fisherman and I. I am very much looking forward to feeling the baby move in the next couple of weeks and have the ultrasound on the calendar.

Colorado Vacation Day 7 & 8 - Tuesday & Wednesday

On Tuesday we headed towards Estes Park and had plans to camp overnight in Rocky Mountain National Park, but we found out that it was going to get very cold at night AND this preggo was not all about tent camping so we spent the day there instead. We watched the rodeo parade in Estes in the morning.

Each year they make a snow man from the snow in the mountains for the parade.

We had a sack lunch in Estes right by the river. It was a great spot.

Bebo fell in love with cheese puffs while we were gone. He calls them trumpets and blows on them like a horn. Love him!

Rocky Mountain was gorgeous.

Crazy to see some rams on the side of the road eating grass.

We saw a lot of elk as well. We saw elk when we were in Yellowstone, but not nearly as many males compared to Rocky Mountain. They had HUGE racks.

There was still a lot of snow in the mountains. Monk wanted to throw snow balls and make a snow man. We didn't get around to making the snowman, but did throw a few snow balls. Monk wanted hot chocolate after we were done.

On Wednesday we had a really laid back sort of day. We went into the town where my brother lives. It was raining so we just decided to have a lazy day. It was good for the boys to have a good nap and regroup a little bit because we had a big day planned for Thursday.

Colorado Vacation Day 6 - Monday

On Monday we headed into Denver and went to the Butterfly Pavilion. There are tons of things to do in Denver, but a lot of them were expensive when you factored each member of your family into the price. The boys enjoyed seeing the butterflies and all the different things they had there.

This was Bebo's favorite spot. He LOVES Dori and Nemo and to see them swimming around in a tank was earth shattering for him.

Monk was patient in waiting for a butterfly to land somewhere on his body while we were there.

Next we headed over to the children's museum. There were a lot of cool things there. The bubble room was a big hit. Bebo got soap all in his eyes, but after we got that all cleared up we all enjoyed our time here.

A Monk and Bebo puppet show.

They had this really cool room where the kids could dress up like little animals and they had a big tree to climb on with a little den inside. The boys had so much fun running through the tunnels and playing in the den.

Monk's masterpiece! The boys were tired this day because they went without a nap, but we still had a lot of fun as a family.

Colorado Vacation Day 5 - 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! We had a fabulous fourth. The boys got to go to one of their favorite things...a rodeo.
Some Bareback Riding

The boys sat and watched the whole time and were in awe of the real cowboys.

Steer Wrestling

Team Roping

Saddle back Riding

I had never seen this before, but it was oh so cute. Little kids rode on sheep called mutton bustin'.

Barrel racing

Bull riding - the real cowboys.

At the end they had bull fighting. I can't believe that there are dudes out there brave enough to do this. The rodeo was GREAT! One of the highlights of our trip.