This November we flew to Denver, Colorado to visit Greg, Aimee', Caleb, Elena, and Nate. Mike and Barb also joined us for a few days before we took a long road trip to Dallas, Tx. We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge a couple of nights and then ended our road trip in Katy with my parents just in time for Thanksgiving. It was the first holiday spent with our southern family since moving to Alaska. It was also the first time Evelyn got to meet some of our family.What a special time with so many family members!
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| Waiting for our flight to Denver in Fairbanks |
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| Visitng Garden of the Gods |
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| the kids enjoyed climbing on all the red rocks |
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| we so enjoyed seeing this part of the country-how beautiful! |
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| see the kissing camels? |
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| Evelyn didn't climb anything but she enjoyed getting carried around |
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| all together! |
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| exploring the Star Wars costume exhibit at the museum in Denver |
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| the kids enjoyed their time with Nate |
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| the kids played at a gymnasium one morning |
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| and we visited the Buffalo Bill museum |
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| we found a playground to stretch our legs during one of our road trip days |
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| back seat passengers in the mini-van |
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| time to refuel! |
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| playing at Great Wolf Lodge after 2 days on the road |
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| Cara bought herself a cape |
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| the Courtney family met us at the lodge and we all visited and played together-this is Lauren and Cara |
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| vacation will wear you out! |
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| Kopps and Courtneys at Chik Fil A breakfast |
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| Barb snapped this photo for us before we left the lodge |
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| playng in Honey and Pop's backyard |
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| she did not like the texture of the grass |
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| Evelyn meets Papa |
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| Evelyn meets Nonna |
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| hanging out with Pop |
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| Kaylin, Mike and Barb joined us for a Thanksgiving feast-what fun we had! |
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| Uncle Jon visits! |
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| Evelyn meets Nanny |
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| We ate our last dinner at this cool BBQ place with all kinds of animals on the wall to check out |
We had a wonderful time on our vacation. It was our first time traveling south as a family of 6 and we were all thrilled Evelyn got to meet so many of our family for the first time.
Evelyn at 10 months:
takes 2 steps
is not wary of stranger
takes 2 naps a day
doesn't cry easily
very happy
only wants table food and finger food
plays patty cake
waves
had her first ear infection and an allergic reaction to the antibiotics
