Saturday, July 16, 2011

More from the 4th

It was nice being up in the high country for the 4th of July. It seems there are less of the pyro fueled idiots shooting high powered fireworks off all night long, plus there was a big fireworks show put on in Fraser to watch. We weren't sure any of the kiddos would like the fireworks and the noises associated with them, but we kept talking them up and explaining the noises so we were optimistic.

The crowds were huge, and we quickly decided to just put a blanket down by the car and watch instead of hiking up to the epicenter of the events. We wanted to be able to throw the kids in the car and head out in case of melt downs.


From 4th of July in Winter Park



From 4th of July in Winter Park



From 4th of July in Winter Park


To our surprise and despite what had to be at least an hour wait, all the kids did really well watching the fireworks. No crying and lots of oohs and aaahs.

The next day we hit up the resort early to try and get a few runs on the alpine slide under our belts before the big crowds showed up. Again, we weren't real sure the two little kids would be keen on the slide, but the big kids were anxious to try it. Jill stayed with Lauren, and Cooper, Reese, Sarah and I headed up the lift to the top for our run down. The alpine slide is basically a cement bobsled run that you do on a small little sled that has rollerblade wheels on it with a brake that slows you down.


From 4th of July in Winter Park



From 4th of July in Winter Park


Ready to go

From 4th of July in Winter Park



From 4th of July in Winter Park


Sarah & Reese coming down with Cooper and I hot on their tale

From 4th of July in Winter Park



From 4th of July in Winter Park



From 4th of July in Winter Park


After the alpine slide, we found the bouncy house. Cooper is now big enough to love it and catapulted himself into everything inside. Reese wasn't quite as keen on it and spent most of her time outside with the adults.


From 4th of July in Winter Park


And of course, we played at least 75 holes of miniature golf with Cooper too. We just tried to find other activities like the alpine slide, bouncy house and riding the gondola to break up the nonstop rounds of rapid fire golf. Every night Cooper would say "We can play some more miniature golf tomorrow..." before going to bed and then again first thing in the morning he'd already be talking about golf again.

Still more to come from the mountains....

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