Rockin' down the Highway!

A couple of weeks ago, we took a road trip with Shaun's family out to see Chase and Dani (Shaun's brother and his cute pregnant wife), who are living in Colorado. Road trip you ask? With our kids? YES! My mother in law rented a motorhome and we traveled in style! Actually- I totally recommend traveling this way. Ty had a bathroom, and snacks and tons of things going on. Ryan is just an awesome traveler anyway- but I think he had fun too.

We had a chance to stop and see Aunt Betty and Uncle Wally- who were soo sweet to show us around and talk to us for a little while. Aunt Betty makes the most gorgeous quilts, and has sent each of the boys one when they were born. If I thought I could have gotten away with it- I would have thugged some of the ones that she had recently finished. They were beautiful. I wish I were half as talented. Most of my quilts have some very obvious flaws. And Uncle Wally is an amazing craftsman- he hand pours/paints/builds a lot of war relics- and it was absolutely facinating to see what he has put together.

Once we were in Idaho Springs, we got a chance to go see an old gold mine. It was really interesting, and afterwards we got to pan for gold ourselves. No huge nuggets for anyone (though really- do you think I would admit it on the internet even if I had?), but we all had a lot of fun. Ty decided to feed the chipmunks instead of panning for gold. Probably a good idea since there's a good chance he would have ended up in the river. Anyway- he sat there really well for a while and then decided to pick up one of the chipmunks. It started flailing around and chirping until Ty finally dropped it. We then had to have a conversation about rabies. I don't know that it really sunk in- but I suppose you have to start somewhere.

Anyway- it was a really fun trip. Thanks grandma and grandpa!!