A Memoriable Weekend Part 1

Over the Memorial Day weekend, my sister, Jill, and her family came out to see us. I was a little nervous at first about housing 7 extra bodies in our not so big house, but it actually turned out to be pretty fun. The amount of extreme fun we had, and maybe a little bit of the sleeping arrangements made for some deficiencies in sleep, but we all survived.

Friday provided us with some very nice weather, so we headed out to the Aurora Reservoir. The sun was nice, but being so early in the season, the water was pretty icy. We mostly stuck to the sand. My 15 year old niece, Maddi, was so good to bring her camera. Of course, I forgot mine. She got some great pictures of my kids on the beach. The first two of Ailee are my favorite:

Ailee, learning that sand is for playing, not eating.

What's the beach without a little bit of extra skin showing?????

Savannah and Ailee working on their sand castle.

Maryn, maybe trying to empty the reservoir?

I guess who needs a really big lake, when you have sandy puddles to play in?

That night, the Rockies were playing the Dodgers, so we took our mixture of Rockies' and Dodgers' fans downtown to watch the game.

My kids spent most of the night rifling through the diaper bag for treats....

...the guys watched the game...

...and Jill, Maddi, and I spent the evening gabbing, and cheering whenever everyone else cheered. What a way to spend an evening.

And you would think, that such a fun-filled day would make a little four-year-old pretty tired. Not mine! I think Maryn was so excited to have her cousins here, she couldn't sleep. Poor Savannah, who was sharing a room with Maryn, had her ears talked off before she could catch some shut eye. It made for some pretty tired little girls the next day, but isn't that what vacation is all about? Having fun and not wanting to sleep?