Just Hannalee

Brownies.....I bribed her with brownies.......

JJ got to go with Kennedy to spend the night...now it's been two nights....with Aunt Kimmie up at Cheyenne.  Well....three's a crowd.....I guess especially when #3 isn't quite 5 years old and the other kids are 2nd and 4th grade.

So Sad Sister had to just spend the night at home.  Alone.  With nobody to play with.  But!!!  a box of brownies to make....dishes to wash...and getting to sleep in a sleeping bag in our room on the floor....kinda made the rest of the world not feel so "that's not fair" after a bit!  

Then this morning while we were getting ready for church I noticed that it was quiet.

WAY. TOO. QUIET.

So I asked Dusty where Hannalee was....he thought she was just in her room playing.

I still thought...no....its too quiet for that.

I figured I'd better go check on her....I was really afraid she was 

outside riding her scooter with her church clothes on.

So I went to her room where I found her door more than half closed.

Not usually a good sign.

But!! Alas!!  Sweet Girl was on her bed, with headphones on,

listening to music on her iPhone!

I felt like I had a fleeting glimpse of her at age 13 rather than at almost 5!

It was precious!

We love that you love music and love to sing Hannalee!

And then...after an afternoon riding Pete and hanging out with papa and nana......

home to supper and sleep.

My baby girl!  She'll be 5 next Sunday!!!

Precious!

Water Park & Backyard

And again...another activity we did.....instead of Colorado......the water park at Woodward (very fun!!) and playing in the water in our backyard....after Kennedy and Kaden spent the night!

Tye Dye & Riding Pete

Taylor and Skylar came over for the night.

I had been wanting to do a tye dye project so this was the day finally!

They turned out GREAT!  It was fun...wasn't as messy as I thought and looks cool!

I'd even do it again!

Hannalee is turning into a "rider!"  

She's been riding Pete lately all by herself! 

Isn't she cute??!! 

Love you!!!

Rest of Colorado Vacation at Home

Our "Kinda" Colorado Vacation

Welll this was the summer vacation that pretty much didn't happen....

yes...you can see pictures here that we REALLY were at the cabin and the ranch

in Colorado.  What you can't see.....is a clock....that we got there Thursday night at 7:00,

played in the creek, made beds and sat on the back porch...watching smoke from far away not too concerened about it.

Woke up the next day.....played in the creek, saw 4 deers off the back porch first thing in the morning

and went a little hike down the creek at the lower ponds.  Came home to a quick 

sandwich lunch....got a call that we needed to evacuate the ranch.

In less than 24 hours we were already packing up and leaving.  

Drove 3 1/2 hours to Gunnison, praying the whole way, that 

we would find a room....because of all fires down around South Fork and people there

having been evacuated earlier in the day.

Thank you Jesus, we found a hotel...with a pool.  We stayed at the Quality Inn and it was

nice...pool was FREEEZING!!

We did eat a great dinner at Ol' Miners Steakhouse in Gunnison...very good!!!

Drove home  all day Saturday.

If I never drive Monarch Pass again in my life that will be fine!!!!

It was scary!!  And then before we weven made it to the summit,

Hannalee had to stop on the side of the road to go potty....then JJ decided HE had to potty

at the same time....he about fell down the mountain....

it was a crazy not-so-much-vacation.

Next post about what we DID get to do, in Oklahoma, instead of be in our cool mountains.