We spent the last weekend in Estes Park, CO at a Larson family reunion (Dave's mother's family). We stayed at a YMCA camp with plenty to do for all ages and thoroughly enjoyed being with our family!
Mitch and Shannon were wonderful travelers - and pretty dang cute. They loved the Denver airport with all the moving walkways and escalators. Shannon loves holding MBJ's hand and they got lots of looks. I assume it was because there were so adorable!
The Bertha Larson Johnson clan stayed together in one lodge and we enjoyed seeing cousins and aunts and uncles galore. The weather was lovely and we spent the first evening hanging out in front of our rooms and visiting until darkness drove us indoors.
There was lots of unstructured time and one afternoon we spent playing a pretty rowdy game of kickball.
Rally caps!
Shannon enjoyed her little cousin Avery (fake snake in SJ's mouth).
Mitch loved seeing "Jackie". Here they enjoyed painting some crafts in the craft house. Mitch's firetruck (shocking choice!) is much beloved. He worked so carefully!
Bryan, Chad and Dave enjoyed a morning of fishing with Kim and I took the kids on a walk to the stables. These three have their own speed and objectives, but climbing rocks was always at the top of the list.
Cousin time
The kids were sure that bears frequented the area behind our lodge. They would race down the hill shouting about a bear with panicked glee in their eyes!
Dave turns 65 next week so we had a surprise gathering to roast/appreciate him.
There were no forks for the cake, which bothered Shannon not in the least!
Ready to go on a new adventure!
On Sunday as we left camp, we did a short drive through a small piece of Rocky Mountain National Park. Unfortunately the weather turned cloudy and rainy so our views were obstructed, but the height was still awesome. Bryan was definitely queasy driving along the extreme ledge of the road!
We saw a pair of bull elk racing along the road on our way back toward Denver. They were huge!
Our view from the camp. Quite a lovey place and a great time reconnecting with family!
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