Mom & Dad Visit

As I mentioned in my last post I'm very behind on my blog due to the pregnancy so this post is all about when my parents came to visit last August.  I was so excited for them to come and had all these fun things planned and then I found out I was pregnant just a few days before they arrived. I was hoping the sickness wouldn't settle in until after their visit, but of course I started feeling sick right at 6 weeks on the dot, which is the day they arrived. Such is life. At least they were incredibly understanding, helpful and sympathetic. 

Despite my upset tummy we stuck to our plans and had lots of fun together. We ate at Firehouse subs.

 We got a babysitter on August 24th since it was Jeff and my 9 year wedding anniversary. We went out to eat at Gumbo (a delicious Cajun restaurant in Denver) and they even gave us a delicious free dessert in celebration of our anniversary. I think this was the last meal I really enjoyed for 6 weeks to follow. Good thing it was so delicious!

(Sorry about the poor pic quality. I forgot my real camera and the iPhone doesn't do great indoors.)

 We headed south to Colorado Springs for a day trip to see the Garden of the Gods. My Dad took some great pics of the gorgeous scenery. Apparently the author of the song, America the Beautiful, was inspired to write that song after her visit here. It really is beautiful.

 Jack is in a major "posing" phase. It can be really frustrating to take pics of him, but then recently I was looking at pics from my childhood when I was about his age and I totally did the same thing. I'm hamming it up in every picture! What goes around comes around. Sorry Mom!

After Garden of the Gods we drove around the Air Force Academy's campus and in their lobby they had a T-38 on display, which is what my Dad flew when he was in the Air Force. He loved seeing the plane and showing Jack what he used to do.

 We drove to Estes Park for an overnight trip, stayed in a hotel for the night, and the next morning toured around Rocky Mountain National Park.

 We had been here once before with the Edgingtons when we first moved to Colorado, so we were excited to show it's beauty to my parents. They LOVED it!

 We stopped at a little lake town on our way home for some food and ice cream.

 Notice Jack's ice cream is white but his face is blue. That's because he and Adelaide LOVED my bubblegum ice cream. He barely touched his own cone. I'm not a big fan of ice cream and only eat it about once every year or so, but when I do I always get bubblegum. I think it's because the last time I really remember liking ice cream was when I was 8 years old and that's what I would get. Jeff teases me about it, but my kids are fans.

 Marzi patiently waiting and hoping for anything to fall her way.

 We also got to celebrate my Dad's birthday while they were in town. It was so fun to be with my Dad on his bday. I don't remember the last time that happened.

 We put a candle in some Rocky Mountain turtle chocolates...his favorite.

 When we weren't off on adventures we spent time in the backyard watching the kids play.

 I wasn't feeling so good this day, but I hate to miss a party so I laid down outside with everybody.

 It was so fun to have my parents visit! I wish they could come all the time!!! My kids were in grandparents heaven!