On Vacation

With our vacation nearly over, I thought I'd use a little of this lazy day to update everyone.

We spent 5 days in Cali with John's grandparents. Grandpa LOVED Ethan. Most days we hung out in the back yard, eating sweet peas and strawberries from the garden. But we did hit the beach (apparently the Pacific is not always warm) and visit with friends. All in all, it was better than we thought!

Now, we are ending our week in Colorado. John's sister had Ethan's 1st cousin a few weeks ago, so we are in a house with them and John's parents as well. A little cramped, but we all get along, so it's not so bad. (It would be better if we could sleep in the same room as Ethan. We wake him up when we just roll over, so he has been sleeping in the nursery while we are on the living room floor!) We've seen lots of family while out here, but the best part was our weekend away. John's parents agreed to take the boy for a few days, and we went to a hotel in Denver for a little getaway. It was WONDERFUL! No getting up early. No toddler schedule. Plenty of time together. Besides just lazing around, we drove out to Dinosaur Ridge and hiked around to the sites. Really interesting. And we had dinner with a newly married college friend. We need to get away more often. It was good for us.

Anyway. We'll be back to real life in a few days and I will put up some pictures of the trip.