Wyoming Spring Break 2014

Oh FUN times!!  I had forgotten what a great time the kids and I had on this Spring Break trip (April 9-13, 2014)!  We wanted to just get away for the whole week but Matt couldn't have pulled that off with work.  SO...that meant we had an extra seat in the van.  It was fun to bring our next door neighbor/best friend/5th sister along on the trip with us!

We all piled in and were on our way!  The kids were so great!  It always helps to have the older ones be able to take care of the little ones!

 

It was soooo super windy and still pretty wintery in the mountains so although we were able to take Courtney to a couple of fun places we just had to say "jump out, smile for the picture, now get back in the van!!"  Vedauwoo was one of the very windiest! Wish we could've explored more!

Same with Ames Monument!

We visited a couple of those places really quick while we were on our way to see cousins in Cheyenne.  We went there for a day to play and have dinner!  Our Fort Collins cousins came up to see us there as well!  It was an awesome surprise!  We sure love these cousins!! (and aunts and uncles too!)  :)

These two are pretty fun to watch together! 

 

The kids had so much fun playing games!

 

And of course Thomas is in heaven when he gets to hang out with the boy cousins!!

 The rest of the trip was spent back in Laramie at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  We spent a morning at the Laramie Rec Center pool:

 

Playing dressups in Grandma's basement:

Riding Grandpa's Tractor:

 

Hopefully Courtney's mom will let her come again...even after watching this video:  :)

 

We went out to Burger King for lunch:

 

I love these pictures below!  We were all so glad to have Courtney with us!  Hopefully we didn't corrupt her too much!  She and Taylor are the same age, but she is friends with all of the girls.  She and Emily hang out a ton too!  It is amazing and so fun that she just fits right in with our family!  We LOVED that she was able to come with us!

Back to the travelog:  We went and played games at the church:

 

We shopped for souvenirs for Courtney at the Brown and Gold outlet:

 

And watched TV with Uncle J and Grandpa:

And of course we had to fit in some batting practice in the batting cage!

 

So how is that for a fun filled spring break?!  These are the best kids ever!  They know how to have fun!  They know how to be helpful so we can pull off things like this!  It was a wonderful, much needed break from the hustle and bustle of life!  It was definitely fun to be just us and enjoy some time together!