Week 13–The week we found quarantine buddies

After 12 weeks of being almost exclusively at home and not having social interaction beyond electronic communications, we decided to visit the cousins in Kansas.  They had been under the same strict lockdown and were willing to get together with us.  And the number of cases in Kansas is lower than what we are experiencing in Colorado, so it made sense for us to go to them.  The most worrisome part would be the traveling.  We took our masks and stopped only at the Sonic drive through and once for gas on the way out.  And then we were finally with family!  It felt so good to be with people again and to forget about the pandemic for a bit.  And we found so many fun things we could do there.  It was the highlight of the year so far!

Fun on the trampoline

There was pool time three out of our five days there.

Strawberry picking

Cute cousins

We picked over 11 pounds of strawberries and they were all eaten in 24 hours. 😱😂

My kids adore Scripps

Craft time

It snowed in Monument in June 7th!  We missed it and instead had 90 degree weather.

The girlies warming up in the sun.

Some pool ball game

Fossil hunting 

Sanders Mound

Kristi and I took Kai out to ride a bike to get him more comfortable.

After dinner/evening bike ride with the girlies in the trailer.

I was the caboose of our long family biking group. This ride was over three miles.

Exploring Baker Wetlands

Bree took my phone and Maci took pictures of Bree taking pictures

At Clinton lake we stopped to throw in rocks

Bree decided she had to stand in the lake

Finn found this skeleton 🤢

The girls watched Frozen, Frozen 2, and Moana.

The boys ganged up on me and begged me to let them ride in the same car.

Kona Ice

Loading up the bikes after another 3 mile ride

The view from the front of our bike line.  This was our 4.6 mile ride.

My view from the back on the 4.6 mile ride. 

Bree loves this picture of Scripps smiling. 😂

We miss our cousins already!  It was so great to have quarantine buddies for a week.  It gives me just a little more strength to press forward.  And if it gets bad again, we know there is always Kansas.