Family Vacation 2012

Ever since we saw Aunt Becky & Uncle Strut this summer for camping, the boys have wanted to go camping.  So for our annual Spillman family vacation, we took the boys to Jelly stone in Larkspur.  We went up on Friday morning, and camped until Sunday morning.  And I have to admit we had a BLAST!!  This place was so great for kids.  They had a lot of activity’s and things going on and they kept us busy.  Rohan fell in love with yogi, and we had a lot of fun in the pool.  The boys got to make snow globes, and they got to play on the cool slip and slide, feed goats (including aordable baby goats) they got to pan for gold.  Because of the fire ban in Colorado, which hit right in the middle of our vacation, there were no open fires, so we had to rely on the camp stove (which I gotta admit, not having the smell of campfire on EVERYTHING, was actually kinda nice) I missed the open fire and all that goes with it, but not the smell.  So they boys made smores on the camp stove, not as awesome, but still just as tasty.  We had no issues with sleeping in the tent, the boys thought it was very cool, and because we didn’t go into the mountains, it was warm even at night. We played and walked and swam so much, that by bed time the boys passed out, and mom and dad weren’t far behind.  All in all this was great idea, we all had a GREAT time, and the boys even want to go back next year.  Copy and paste the link below to see more pictures of our adeventures!

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Zoo Trip

Last Monday the boys and I joined our neighbor Mandi and her 2 kids for a trip to the Zoo. We usually go once a year. I am not big on Zoos, simply because I am not a fan of locking an animal up for pure amusement. And it seems I need a trip once a year to remind me. The boys also, are not total fans. Thy really do prefer the museum. But, going once or twice a summer, is good for all of us, it's outside and A LOT of walking. The Zoo has moved the elephants, for those that remember, they are no longer the main attraction when you walk in. They are the MAIN attraction in the back of the zoo. They have built an HUGE new exhibit area for the elephants and rhinos. A very pretty Asian theme now encases them. I thought it was super pretty, but was bummed we didn't see the elephants. Actually this zoo trip was kind of disappointing as a whole when it came to the animals, they weren't outside, it was just too hot. We did get to visit both of the boys favorite animals Ro-Giraffe and
A-crocodile. But we had to call it soon after that as our littlest Zoo goer was getting cranky. It was fine with all of us though, the temps had reached 93 by the time we left!!

All 4 kids watching the foxes

Tiger

Ah lil pongo

The 3 buds

the only elephant we saw

Tibetian prayer wheels

Baby duckling

not to hot for these guys

NEMO!!

A's Favorite animal

Sleep Over.....

The boys had their frineds sleep over last weekend.  It was a first for all of us, and i am happy to report that we all made it through unscathed.  The boys had a good time with eachother, and my houses survived :-)

Set the 6 person tent up in our living room

rearranged the whole house to do it

FINALLY asleep at 11:30!!

Praying.......

I ask that everyone pray to the GOD that you believe in, pray for a break in the Colorado fires.  We need rain, we need containment, we need to keep the firefighters safe.  All day, please just send a message up to end all of this.  Our beautiful state is being destroyed.

Birds Of Prey......

Birds of prey.  We took the boys up for a family evening at the mall.  They had this booth there.  Rohan thought it was cool, A was to busy in the fountains.

Random.....

Iphone picture dump :-)

A's letter to Mrs. D.  He wrote this all by himself (we helped with the spelling)

"Oh you know, just wearing some underoos on my head while i pick out my Mac 'n Cheese"

A with his diploma (he was on his way out to the sprinklers)

Ro and ice cream

This was my view this am.  The boys were playing the same game so it
was almost like they were in a plane together.  I kept hearing
Rohan: I have bad guys in front of me.  Over
A: Roger that

Accepting his diploma....