I decided to break-in the minivan with a quick trip to Grand Junction.  The van served us well.  Comfortable drive, good gas mileage, and fun movie watching (until the kids got too nauseated).

We had a great time, visiting mostly with Waterhouses, and Saturday morning with the Masons.  I got to help out at the soup kitchen with my folks.  It was a chilly weekend, so the boys couldn’t jump into the pool immediately.  By Sunday it warmed up enough and they spent a good chunk of the day being fishes.

We had a picnic on the Monument and were excited to see a whole herd of bighorn sheep gathered there.  We went yarn shopping (my parents are enablers 😉 and Lego shopping. We got the telescope out to see Jupiter and her moons.  And more swimming 🙂  These pictures are exactly in order, but I think you get the gist.  It was a great summer indulgence!