Mother Nature Makes Amends

Day 2 of our Colorado trip started out with chocolate-chip pancakes made by Kristi. I was surprised to learn that she makes her girls pancakes EVERY day! I am all about bagels or cereal at my house, so pancakes everyday is amazing to me.

I love this kitchen!

We had a rather leisurely morning of hanging out, blogging, and Kristi planted her hydrangea plant.


Whitney and Sally Jane played together while waiting for us to get ready to leave for the pool.


The weather was overcast and pleasant, so it wasn't really pool weather, but that meant we ended up having their neighborhood pool all to ourselves!


Kristi realized that Annie Kate was across the way playing football at recess, so she yelled "Annie Kate" loudly (I swear it echoed through the whole valley) until Annie Kate heard her and waved to us.


I realized this was my first time swimming this summer and the first time since my ankle injury last year (I could definitely feel it when I kicked in the water).


Kristi brought her fabulous underwater camera which entertained us and made for a seriously fun afternoon of silly faces, bubble blowing and underwater movie making.


We have never had this kind of technology, so the thrill of it didn't wear off at all.


It took way too many attempts to get a photo with both of us in the frame. It's surprisingly hard to stay under water and pose for a picture.


When Kristi left to take Sally Jane to afternoon kindergarten, she went home and grabbed a bunch of treats for us. The kids kept saying, "This trip has so much deluxeness!"


Kristi got to take her first ever (since having kids) nap by the pool!


Though it was cloudy for most of our time at the pool, the sun would appear every now and again to warm us up and decorate the sky.


It was quite relaxing to lie on our pool chairs talking while Landon and Whitney played in the pool.


Eventually Landon got out of the water to take a little rest in the sun.



When Kristi's girls finished school at 4:00, she picked them up, ran home to get their swim stuff and some snacks and then came back to the pool (they live super close by).


We ended up getting some serious sun through that cloudy sky, so Whitney is even darker than usual!

Jeff grilled some chicken kabobs and pineapple for dinner.

They have a fabulous backyard, and since the weather was really pleasant we ate out there.

Corn as art.


Their backyard fire pit was a big hit with the kids.

S'more innovation created by Whitney and implemented by Annie Kate.

Jeff and Landon played basketball for quite awhile.

Kristi helped Annie Kate with her homework. It's fun being able to see their household in action like this.


Kristi and I got to go to an 8:40 movie and got soaked during the run from the car into theater, good times. We saw "Good Guys" and did a lot of laughing.

**Do you have underwater technology?
Do you like to eat outside?
What is your s'more innovation?
Do you make pancakes very often?**

Comment Window Tidbit: Oh my goodness, this post took me like 2 hours to do, but I'm so glad I can do it here so that I won't be overwhelmed with 4 days of trip posts when I get home. Woohoo!