Steamboat with the Fam!

Two weekends ago we decided to pack up the kids and head up to Steamboat Springs with our fam, my sister and her kiddos, Mom, Marv and crash the home of my Aunt Jill and Uncle Jim.  T-O-O MUCH FUN!  I think the kids went nonstop for 2 days.

Greg decided to take off Friday so we could leave early, and hit the Georgetown Loop.  OH it sounded like such a great idea, it was going to be nice out, the kids will LOVE IT!  Hmmmm, not so much.  Within 10 minutes of it beginning Gavin asked if it was almost done and our little beautiful daughter?  She became the kid that is so crazy and loud people mutter under their breath "that kid needs a good spanking!"  It was very embarrassing and of course I read that is was only about a 45 minute trek, so only brought a snack each and water.  Ugh- I had a brand new bag of suckers that I left in the truck!  That is the best distraction around!  It ended up being about twice as long and right around lunch time.  At one point Gavin said, "if we didn't stop here to ride this train, we would be in Steamboat already."  Hmmm, sums it up!  We did make it back though, but I definitely think we will wait awhile before attempting a train ride again!  

We made it to Steamboat and had a ball.  Saturday we loaded up and hit the gondola to take us to the top of the mountain.  It was beautiful, the trees were turning and the weather was gorgeous.  Once we got up to the top we went for a small hike and of course the kids had to climb every single HUGE rock we came across.  There were a lot of falls, but even more laughs.  

Once we got down the mountain we did some bungee trampoline- Gavin did it for the first time.  I think he was a bit scared, but after watching his cousins do it- he was ready to go.  I had a bit of a heart attack - but oh well!  It was pretty much zero impact on his leg, so he was good to go.  

That night a friend of my Aunt and Uncles flew in a bunch of lobsters for a lobster boil.  So much fun and so good!  The kids loved playing with the lobsters after the initial shock of them!  It was to the point they were naming them.  Only a few of them got pinched!  ;)

We had such a blast and the kids ran and ran until they collapsed- so I think it was a very successful trip!  Here is a pic of this week, the kids have been very into riding the motorcycle lately!  Plus the weather is a bit cooler to do it, if you consider 80 cooler!