What we did the rest of our vacation

We made it home about 6:00 tonight after a long drive home from Denver. We split the trip up into 2 days, staying the night in Albuquerque. We got up for breakfast, a quick swim in the hotel pool, and the long drive home. We are now sweating on the couch, having turned our A/C off for the week. Our house was over 100 degrees when we got home. Three and a half hours later, it is 94 degrees. I think it will be a long night.

So to pass the time until it's a little cooler, here's the rest of our vacation.

On Friday, we went to the splash pad.

We ate dinner at Famous Dave's, where Kyle made a mess, as usual.

Then we had ice cream at the park with my Schenck cousins and my aunt and uncle.

On Saturday we visited my mom's office in downtown Denver. Here's the view from the 24th floor.

Then we walked around the 16th Street mall, buying a few little things and enjoying a bagel lunch at Einstein Bros.

We drove to a park for dinner and a concert with my Campbell cousins and my uncle. It ended up raining, and we had two scary incidents- Emma wandered off in a group of kids so no one saw her go, and then my cousin's 2 year old daughter fell into the lake and had to be pulled out. So we called it a night.

Sunday was for packing, goodbyes, and half of a long drive. And of course, almost every day included a swim in the pool at my mom's apartment complex.

Thanks Mom for the great time in Denver. Thanks Babbel family for getting together on our behalf (it'll probably be another 10 years until I see you again!) And thank you, Kyle and Emma for being angels in the car.

Down to 93 degrees..... sigh.....

Heritage Square

Yesterday we spent the day at Heritage Square in Golden, CO. The kids had a great time on all the rides and activities. Here are some pictures of the stuff that we did....

Creepy Crawlies

Several late nights, a goofy nap schedule, and lots of activities do not make for pleasant children.

Still, being on vacation, we packed the kids in the car and headed over for the morning's activity at the Butterfly Pavillion. Emma was scared of all the bugs and butterflies, while Kyle quite enjoyed touching them. Here are some pics of our better moments:

Guess what we did yesterday...

It was strange going to a ballpark and being the "enemy". It was fun to flaunt our Diamondbacks gear, though. My mom tried to pretend she wasn't with us.

We ate hot dogs, drank soda, ate ice cream, cheered for the Dbacks, and when all looked bleak, they somehow pulled ahead and hung on to win 6-5.

We enjoyed Coors Field- the weather was perfect for baseball and we had great seats. A wonderful time was had by all.

The real fun is just beginning

I can tell the third trimester is approaching quickly. I can't get comfortable. Breathing is getting harder. I'm up several times a night. The heartburn.... but I know it is all worth it in the end. I can't wait to meet our little boy- whatever his name shall be....

Right now I'm really enjoying Kyle's silly sayings. He's doing better at speaking in full sentences, though he still sounds like he's speaking a foreign language half the time. Here are my current favorite "Kyle-isms":

When he accomplishes something: "Myyyyy....did it!"

When he sees a stranger: "Who dat?" (my own little gangster)

When he hears a noise: "What dat, what dat?"

What he calls his sister: "Memma"

I also love that somehow he learned to be very polite. He says please and thank you all the time and I don't remember teaching him. He's really such a sweetie and I hope he stays that way.

A milestone of sorts

So, just in case you haven't noted the baby ticker on the side, I'd just like to note that I am under 100 days until my due date! Still, I feel bigger than 26 weeks....

I mentioned in my "Avila Beach Recap" that Kyle hated our hotel room. We've been home over a week and still, a few times a day, he says "All done hotel room? No hotel room?" I don't know what was so terrible about it. Maybe just that he was having so much fun, and he knew the hotel room generally meant sleep time.

We didn't do much for the 4th. It's too hot here and I'm too much of a wimp. Our ward had a pancake breakfast at 7:00 am (that didn't really get going until 8:30 am). We ate breakfast and had a little kids "parade" around the parking lot. Marcus was off at youth conference so I chased the kids around by myself. It was a nice morning, but the heat was too much for me. So we nixed any ideas of going out to see fireworks, and instead just went out for dinner.

I hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day!