Summer 2016 Part 2

Yes, we played and watched a lot of baseball but we did a few other things too. Colin and Liam had a great week in early June at Camp Hummell. It is the favorite camp in this house with a favorite day being the mud day. Liam won for coming home with the most mud. Colin's group won the Hummell award. He was quite excited since it was his last year.

Mud obstacle day one of the favorite days of camp week. Liam's shirt was white when he left in the morning. 

Too cool this guy. Colin's team won the Hummell award for best campers their week.

Tristan had baseball camp for a week. He spent the morning learning skills and the afternoon playing ball. He also spent three days at the high school baseball camp. It was a good start to the summer.
Liam, Declan and Grayson spent a week going to Gramma's bible school. They had so much fun. They also attended Bible school at the church where Declan went to preschool. Both places they had so much to share with us afterward.

Between baseball regular season and post season we all went to Colorado for a much needed get away. The boys love spending time with Lindsey and the girls. We explored, went kayaking, swimming and all around had a very wonderful trip.

The three big boys and Daddy tried out an amazing family entertainment center with rock climbing, high ropes, and a lot more crazy fun things. They were gone ten hours so it must have been a good time. Lindsey gave Tristan, Colin and Liam tickets to the Stampede (like a big county fair) in Greeley for their birthdays so Greg and I took them on the fourth of July and the others met up with us later in the day. The boys had a blast. They rode so many rides and had me slightly shaking in my boots a few times when the ride would turn them upside down. What I loved the most was watching them have an amazing time enjoying everything there and just being brothers.

The arrow is pointing to Tristan, Colin and Liam spinning upside down. 

After naps Lindsey the girls, Gramma, Declan and Grayson joined us for some little guy rides, dinner and awesome fireworks. Surprisingly,  Declan was the one who absolutely loved the rides where Grayson was not that excited about them. Declan went on as many as he could and loved the fast crazy ones where Grayson liked the slow straight rides. As long as they had fun it was great!

We also enjoyed a great fireworks show at the stampede. An absolutely amazing day!

Gramma, Daddy, Colin and Liam headed back on the 5th the rest of us left the 6th. Tristan was so proud to be alone with Lindsey and the girls and helping in the car on the way to Nebraska. He is so great with little kids. Lindsey and the girls came back to enjoy a few All Star baseball games and hang out in Omaha with us for a bit. It was ugly hot and humid that week but we still had fun with them here.

Little miss giving Uncle "Egg" coaching tips.

A very hot day at the zoo.

Tristan drove back with them to Greeley and stayed a few days before flying home. It was his first flight totally alone and true to the nature of a fourteen year old it was no big deal. He was only gone a few days but little Mr. Grayson was beyond excited to have him back.

Grayson, Colin and Liam waiting for Tristan

This little guy missed his biggest brother.

We loved Colorado, the weather, the awesome parks swimming at Lindsey's apartment it seemed like such a peaceful place this summer. We couldn't wait to go back. So that's what we did. About a week and a half after Tristan got back we headed out to Colorado for an end of the summer trip. It was again a peaceful place to enjoy being together. The boys love the "ninja warrior" parks all over the place. Colorado really does have great public parks.

 The splash park was a big hit too. 

Of course having a wonderful place to swim and play all day was pretty nice too. 

One of our favorite parks in Colorado is just ten minutes or so from Lindsey's house. It has a great play area, a splash park and this little stream where we all dipped our feet for a bit and later played in the water. Lindsey also introduced the big three to river rafting on this very nice small and calm stream. They absolutely loved it!

Baseball and Colorado pretty much sums up our summer of 2016!