We will be here a total of 3 weeks. We are here with my family: my mom and Dad (Gee and Poppa), Brooke (my sister), Brad and Noelle (my brother and his wife), and their kids, Cash and Maddie-Rose, Chris and Christie (my youngest brother and wife) and their kids, Micah, Gavin, and Sawyer, and 2 dogs, Shelby and Charlie. 17 people and 2 dogs in the house has been crazy and fun.
This is our 5th time to come to Breckenridge in the past 5 years so it has a "feels like home" quality to it that I love. We ride our bikes into town, take long walks, sit outside all hours of the day, hike, and generally try to soak in the fact that we are living in a postcard.
This week we have a few less people as Chris and Christie had to leave Saturday night and not everything's perfect as Jude had a 2-day stomach bug consisting of some pretty nasty stuff that he's now passed to Maddie-Rose. I am praying that it will end with her as we really, really don't want to spend the rest of our vacation here in Colorado over or on the toilet so to speak.
After a whole summer of pretty much keeping to ourselves, the kids have been relishing the time with their cousins, playing all hours of the day. Naomi and Maddie-Rose are two peas in a pod as they walk around carrying their purses and playing with their baby dolls. The 5 older boys ride bikes, play basketball and baseball, swim in the hot tub, take some "hikes", and spent lots of time playing Legos. There's also a huge theater room downstairs for the occasional movie. I've already read 2 books since being here and am starting my 3rd. As I write, I am sitting in my favorite room. It's a small study in the front of the house. It has huge windows that open onto a porch area. There is a small waterfall in the front yard and I love the sound of it. I really feel refreshed being here and want the time to crawl by.
0 comments:
Post a Comment