A much needed week off...

Our whole family has been in need of a vacation. Since Lauren was born, its been go go go for the whole family. I've been trying working and family and other activities, and Jill has been dealing with being outnumbered by kids 4 days a week. After years of talking about it, we finally decided to get tile put into our house. This need was necessitated by Cooper's splashing in the tub on the carpet, but we wanted to get the cheap looking linoleum replaced downstairs as well.

To get the tile done in a timely manner, we decided it would be best just to get out of the house so that two dogs and two kids and two adults wouldn't interrupt the work. So we found a house to rent for a week in Winter Park and off we went. We love Winter Park, so getting a place there was a nice getaway. While the Front Range was having high 90s and raucous thunderstorms seemingly daily, we were enjoying 70s in the high country.

We headed up on Friday afternoon and Sarah and Reece would join us soon after. A late addition would be Frumpy & Grumpy, who with some help from their travel agent Sarah, were able to get away for a couple of days of Grand County bliss. Here are a couple photos from the first few days with many more to come....

The doughnut bandit strikes!

From 4th of July in Winter Park

Pieces enjoying the deck and a perfectly sized chair

From 4th of July in Winter Park

Lauren found the high country tiring

From 4th of July in Winter Park

Cooper found lots of playgrounds to play on

From 4th of July in Winter Park

From 4th of July in Winter Park

Cooper and I posing

From 4th of July in Winter Park

The kids love riding the gondola from the parking area to the base

From 4th of July in Winter Park

From 4th of July in Winter Park

And every time we went past this polar bear, we had to climb on it and get pictures

From 4th of July in Winter Park

From 4th of July in Winter Park

Lots of fun and adventures all week long. We weren't ready to come back down to the low elevations, but high country living isn't free so we'll come down at least temporarily....More to come.