Late Nights, Mountains and More

Another weekend is gone - but we had a great time again!  Friday afternoon, Kylee had her first field trip of the year to the Aquariam. The kids loved checking out the different sea life - although the Nemo and Dori fish caught most of their attention. I loved seeing the reaction Kylee had to seeing a shark swim over the top of her. At first it sort of freaked her out - but she quickly got over that and was more intrigued with how fast it was swimming around (and how big its teeth were). She did make note that "he was ugly". What made this trip so much more fun is we got to carpool with the Balliet family - This is the third year that Kylee and Beau have gotten to go to school together. I would love to find a way for them to continue their adventure through school.

Saturday was a big day - Kylee had another soccer game - although she still is being called "princess" that little girl is doing outstanding out there - everytime she hits the field she gets a little bit more aggressive!  I am so glad she is enjoying it - I was a little nervous signing her up thinking that she may not enjoy it too much.

After soccer was over, I got a quick run in and managed to get ransacked by some mastif-looking dog. Some guy was walking his dog who must have thought that I was going to go at his owner, so he decided to head-butt my shoulder instead. It's still bruised 2 days later! I'm happy the dog kept his mouth shut. A dog bite to the shoulder may not have been too fun to recover from.

Brian had a bachelor party that night (for his friend Matt), which meant me and the kids had the entire night to ourselves. Brian had a great time at Dave & Busters. (Nothing like a big arcade to entertain a bunch of men!) The kids and I enjoyed a little shopping and our friend Ben's 30th birthday party! Got home early, but unfortunately did not go to bed early - we stayed up and watched movies all night long! Crazy kids!!! :)

Sunday was church and then off to the mountains to check out some beautiful colors and listen to the elk. We headed into Estes for a bit beforehand since they were having ElkFest. Listened to some beautiful Native American music and walked around the town. Then ended it with sitting in Rocky Mountain National Park to see all of the two elk that decided to come. Even though we didn't see a ton of wildlife - it was nice to get away (where the cell phones can't ring) and just relax with the four of us.