A good family friend of mine got married in Telluride this past weekend. We decided to make a family vacation out of this destination wedding. Brian's mom kindly joined us for the trip and watched the boys a lot for us!
Adler had no idea what he was getting himself in to when we strapped him in last Friday morning. They were both amazing travelers for such a long haul.
Brian and I brought our mountain bikes with the hopes that we could convince someone to watch our boys for a few hours. Between the wedding, the weather and schedules, it was difficult, but we managed to head out one afternoon for a pretty good ride. The views were breathtaking (as they are anywhere in the San Juans), but its particularly gorgeous in Telluride.
I wish I had taken more pictures on our ride, but I was trying to keep up with Brian, beat the stormy weather and keep myself upright.
We looked out of our hotel window one afternoon and a little deer friend was visiting.
LT did some art, as usual.
Probably the highlight of the trip for the boys was the most incredible pool I have ever seen. It was nestled on a hill with views of the mountains. The pool was, in LT's words, "really warm, perfect warm, super warm". The kids jumped off the sides to us, LT practiced swimming (Bri has a great video of LTs progress in swimming). Its amazing, just a month ago, we could hardly get LT in the pool and now he's swimming. The pool was also right under the gondola, which was fun for the boys to watch.
LT has been really into rainbows lately. He draws them, glues paper together to make them and is always looking for them. We've had a pretty rainy summer, but surprisingly have seen few rainbows. On our last night, as we were packing, we looked out the window to see this beautiful rainbow. I couldn't see the whole thing because of the building, but a friend of mine who was up there took a picture and it was indeed a full rainbow!
Our journey home was a little longer than our drive to Telluride. Both ways we took the most beautiful route through from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Paonia, Hotchkiss, Delta, Montrose and into Telluride. On our trip there, we drove straight to Glenwood Springs, let the boys swim, then they napped in the car and woke up with just an hour or so left. On our way home, we decided to let them swim one last time in the hotel pool and started our long drive a little later in the morning. We only made it an hour before they were hungry for lunch. After lunch, Adler began saying he needed to pee and poop, so we stopped. He has gone pee and poop in the potty a few times and we really didn't want to stop the trend! We stopped soon after lunch again and I took him to the bathroom in Safeway. Nothing. We thought maybe if we let him walk around a little he might poop in his diaper and be happier in the car. LT wanted to stay in the car and so Brian took Adler on a long walk around the field (above). Still no luck, so we went on our way. Not long after, Adler fell asleep, but only for 40 minutes or so. We still had 4 or more hours and weren't sure how things would go. The ride was OK, we made it to Glenwood again, let them play on the playground while I filled up with gas and then continued on our way. LT fell asleep at this point, while Adler played with various toys. We stopped again in Frisco for some dinner and then finished the drive. All in all, not a bad drive either!
On the final stretch into Denver, we saw another FULL rainbow! Brian took some great pictures and hopefully he can fill in the gaps.
Adler had no idea what he was getting himself in to when we strapped him in last Friday morning. They were both amazing travelers for such a long haul.
Brian and I brought our mountain bikes with the hopes that we could convince someone to watch our boys for a few hours. Between the wedding, the weather and schedules, it was difficult, but we managed to head out one afternoon for a pretty good ride. The views were breathtaking (as they are anywhere in the San Juans), but its particularly gorgeous in Telluride.
I wish I had taken more pictures on our ride, but I was trying to keep up with Brian, beat the stormy weather and keep myself upright.
We looked out of our hotel window one afternoon and a little deer friend was visiting.
LT did some art, as usual.
Probably the highlight of the trip for the boys was the most incredible pool I have ever seen. It was nestled on a hill with views of the mountains. The pool was, in LT's words, "really warm, perfect warm, super warm". The kids jumped off the sides to us, LT practiced swimming (Bri has a great video of LTs progress in swimming). Its amazing, just a month ago, we could hardly get LT in the pool and now he's swimming. The pool was also right under the gondola, which was fun for the boys to watch.
LT has been really into rainbows lately. He draws them, glues paper together to make them and is always looking for them. We've had a pretty rainy summer, but surprisingly have seen few rainbows. On our last night, as we were packing, we looked out the window to see this beautiful rainbow. I couldn't see the whole thing because of the building, but a friend of mine who was up there took a picture and it was indeed a full rainbow!
Our journey home was a little longer than our drive to Telluride. Both ways we took the most beautiful route through from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Paonia, Hotchkiss, Delta, Montrose and into Telluride. On our trip there, we drove straight to Glenwood Springs, let the boys swim, then they napped in the car and woke up with just an hour or so left. On our way home, we decided to let them swim one last time in the hotel pool and started our long drive a little later in the morning. We only made it an hour before they were hungry for lunch. After lunch, Adler began saying he needed to pee and poop, so we stopped. He has gone pee and poop in the potty a few times and we really didn't want to stop the trend! We stopped soon after lunch again and I took him to the bathroom in Safeway. Nothing. We thought maybe if we let him walk around a little he might poop in his diaper and be happier in the car. LT wanted to stay in the car and so Brian took Adler on a long walk around the field (above). Still no luck, so we went on our way. Not long after, Adler fell asleep, but only for 40 minutes or so. We still had 4 or more hours and weren't sure how things would go. The ride was OK, we made it to Glenwood again, let them play on the playground while I filled up with gas and then continued on our way. LT fell asleep at this point, while Adler played with various toys. We stopped again in Frisco for some dinner and then finished the drive. All in all, not a bad drive either!
On the final stretch into Denver, we saw another FULL rainbow! Brian took some great pictures and hopefully he can fill in the gaps.
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