grand junction, co

it's been exactly 5 years since austin & i have been to visit all our family in grand junction. so we made the trip worth it & really did it up right.

 the drive was beyond magnificent but i was siiiiiick winding through those mountain roads. blek.

we had tons to do & keep busy with. there were some impromptu additions & none of us knew it would turn in to this mini reunion of sorts. makes me wish we'd planned just a little more & really gotten the whole group together. :)

that first morning we went on a quick, easy hike with sam & becki & their cute bristol. my girlies sure remembered bristol & had so much fun with her all weekend.

okay now don't think i'm the worst mom ever but sam was showing ellery a cool cactus plant & cossette wanted to check it out & basically ran & fell into the spines. she had two good sized stickers in her hand & i may or may not have paused to get a picture of what was happening before removing it. i know, i know, whatiswrongwithme. i promise i consoled the poor thing after.

that first day we water gun attacked each car load as they showed up at my auntie camille's. no one was safe.

on saturday the boys all went golfing in the morning while another group hiked & another slept in. guess which one i was. then we got out a gigantic makeshift slip-n-slide out of painter's plastic & we all went to town! we were nice & let the kidlets go first...

before it all hit the fan with the adult relays. stephanie posted some choice vids on facebook. it was seriously a blast!

then off to aunt connie's for a swim & bbq. where a certain couple *cough* austin & me *cough* slaughtered the competition at the corn shucking contest. i do love my idaho man. he clinched it for us.

i love my family & enjoy spending time with my cousins as much as possible. my uncles & aunts open up their houses & feed us all & are awesome sports to all the chaos we bring. hopefully sometime soon-ish we can organize a great family reunion.

the highlight of the trip for me was seeing my grandma joycie & grandpa sam. they are about the most wonderful people you'll ever know & make every effort to be at as many events as possible. due to some health/mobility issues & us living across the country for a stint, this was their first time meeting our cossette. she adored them & ellery talked about gramvi's mommy half the ride home. :) i love them so so much.

hope we get out to GJ yearly now that we are fellow coloradans!!