Colorado 2011

So as everyone knows I went to Colorado March 30th- April 7 to take care of my sister Jenn's kids while she went to help her husband and sweet mother -n- law in Mexico. I was so nervous about the plane ride. Two kids by myself!!!! Hahah I was nervous. Anyways they did awesome. They cried maybe 5 minutes and I gave them suckers the whole way to Colorado. Hahah They never fell asleep until we landed in CO and they were in the stroller. My Dad picked us up and he woke Belle up and instantly she reached for him and kept hugging and kissing him. Cash on the other hand did not know what to expect. He starred at my Dad the entire hour drive home! He finally warmed up and was going to everyone. All the cousins were so excited to see each other. Elena and Belle of course stuck together the moment they saw each other. That night I went with my parents, Tanna, and Bill (tanna's friend) to dinner. Then I went back to Jenn's and got ready for the week. Jenn had to leave at 5 am and Lydia her youngest I think knew she was leaving cause she woke up every 30 minutes wanting her mom! Poor Jenn! She left and I woke up to 8 children!!!! Hahaha which I was so excited for. We had a big meeting and planned some awesome things to do...We decided to go fly a kite!!! It was perfect flying weather. We had so much fun and we had a picnic… well tried to have a picnic! It was so windy our food blew everywhere. The Alvarez kids had a bunch of crafts for us to do while the little kids were asleep. We painted these stain glass looking things! Of course we had a dance party, had a camp out with smore’s, sleepovers with the Jones ladies, made a tent, had a movie theater night, water fight, music viedos, and did some serious playing. I felt so bad for Belle she got so sick and was feeling awful the whole time.  My babysitting was cut short when Jenn called and told us some heart breaking news about her incredible mother n law. Jenn flew home the next day and got the kids packed up and everyone flew to Mexico. I went and stayed with my Mom. I ended up getting so sick. I could not even get out of bed. My sweet parents and brother took the kids while I was a lump for the rest of the trip. I could not believe how this trip turned out. I am so grateful again for this gospel because without it this trip would have been awful. I am so happy I was there to “hopefully” help. I also was so happy because my cousin Scotties soon to be wife got to go through the temple and through a complete miracle I felt good enough to go. My little niece Tae took the kids! Thank you Tae. This trip to Colorado I will definitely always remember.

When we got home sleep is all we wanted to do. The flowers in Forest Grove were popping!!! And Belle was so ready to play with her cat friend Stripers and the nieghbor kids picked me daffodils! Haha that was a welcome home!