I didn't get to posting last night...we drove until about 12:30am after leaving Larry's Grandma's. We thought we might try to drive through the night...possibly. The one thing I did forget to bring this trip was my glasses though...and after wearing my contacts all day I knew that the chances of me being able to see very well were pretty slim. We made it to Colby, Kansas last night. I tried to sleep...and I did for about an hour and a half. I was sitting in the back with the boys. Gavin was all over the place...legs...arms...head. Maddox was out sound...he started running a slight temp. yesterday evening. He slept through supper and just wasn't himself. We thought he may just be tired, but were pretty sure there was something else going on. We decided we wouldn't really be gaining anything by trying to drive all night. So, we pulled into Colby. The first 2 hotels we stopped at were full...that's never happened to us. So, we finally got a room and the boys were wide awake.
We had a full day so it's probably good we stopped to get a good night's sleep. We started the day by meeting Larry's Grandma at her apartment in Lakewood. We went out to breakfast with her and Larry's Aunt Denise and her 4 kids. We haven't met the youngest two. They are 3 and 11 months..the older two we haven't seen since they were 4 and 6. They are now 17 and 19. Breakfast was good, but I was a little pre-occupied by Maddox. He was terrible. He quickly figured out that he had a little shadown. Everything that he did, Jayen did...He was running, rolling, tickling, laughing, having a good ole time. We made a quick trip outside...he did better, but still. He blew his straw wrapper across the room, spilled his water...you name it. He was having a good time...way too much fun for a restaurant.
we then went to the Denver Zoo. It was a nice change. We are huge fans of the St. Louis Zoo. Of all the zoos we've been to, we like it the best. However, Denver's was really enjoyable too. It's nice to see some different animals...the boys had a good time. It was really hot though. We stopped for lots of drinks and to find shade. It ended up cooling off after a while. A storm moved through. We found shelter next to a building while the boys ran through the rain. It wasn't lightning or anything so we let them run wild. Maddox started it and then Gavin and Jayen joined in. The boys were leading Jayen through the big puddles and he was loving it. They were holding hands and running around for about 30 minutes or so. They were soaked. Then, after the rain let up we looked around at a few more animals and then decided to call it quits.
We headed back to Larry's Grandma's and let the boys swim in the pool there. I did a couple loads of laundry while we were there and then we decided to head out to eat at The White Fence Farm...very cool restaurant. We were able to pet some farm animals...feed the goats...and check out everything else there..LOTS of history there. It was a really neat place. There's a story about it...I grabbed a newspaper pamphlet about it, but I haven't read it yet so I'll have to fill you in later on the details. Supper was pretty quiet. Maddox fell asleep on my lap and Gavin and Jayen buddied up. You would have thought all these boys had known each other forever. We headed back to Larry's Grandma's to hang out for a while and then said our good byes. We are very glad we stopped. It was a really nice visit.
This morning Maddox wanted to just watch cartoons while Gavin swam. As Gavin was finishing up swimming Maddox decided he wanted to swim for a bit, so he dipped in for a short swim and we are headed out. It'll probably be about 11:00 by the time we get out of here. We don't really know what our plans are for this evening. If we push it really hard we could make it home, but I'm thinking the boys will probably figure out the plans for us as the day goes on.
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