Colorado Bound

Tomorrow we are heading off on our first family vacation since the addition of Laura. We're taking off by 7 in the morning, and plan on driving all day with hopes of making it across the state of Nebraska. If everything goes accordingly, then we'll only have a few hours of driving come Thursday and will arrive to my sisters in the early afternoon. I'm sure many of you are laughing at the thought of a 9 month old and 3 year old getting packed in a car for 14-16 hour trip, but I'm sure they will be just fine; actually I just keep my eye on the prize of getting to see my sister and her family for a long weekend, and it's all worth it in the end.

Some of you know that my mom and I made this trip w/ the kids last summer, and they did pretty well. I'm hoping Alex's newfound love of watching movies will be to our advantage this trip, and Laura will be the only one we really need to entertain. Once we get to Wyoming, Alex will get to see trains going back and forth on the track next to the interstate-so it makes those last couple hours go a little faster. I'm just looking forward to getting a driving break this time around. . .

It's a work/vacation trip, as Jason is going to be doing a little work for them; but hopefully everything is wrapped up for the weekend so that we can finally enjoy some r&r. We don't have any specific goals in mind, except I'd like to get up to Estes Park and Jason would probably like to get some fly fishing in. Laura was still too little to go up into higher altitudes last summer, so it will be nice to get back to RMNP for a short hike. Otherwise just enjoying the fact that we are away, and spending time with family we don't get to see as much will be relaxation enough.

So you won't hear from me for a week or so, and the next post will probably be a long one filled with lots of photos. Take care everyone!