Sunday, July 30, 2023

Colorado Family Reunion

We traded in our Honda Pilot for a minivan! We love our van so much already, but we were sad to say goodbye to our pilot. It's been a great car for us for the past 5 years. 
We took one more picture inside before we said goodbye. 




Yay for more room in our new (to us!) van!



Eli and Austin finished up their swim season by competing at conference. They did great! We were so proud of their efforts in practicing each day. 



After wrapping up the swim season, we packed up our new van and headed to Denver. We loved spending a few day with Alex and her family. It feels like our second home when we're with them!


We went to the Nature and Science Museum. I had flashbacks to taking Eli and Austin to the museum when they were little toddlers. I even took Eleanor a few times before we moved. I cried thinking back to those days with my young toddlers by my side. My kids are growing up! 










After enjoying a few days in Denver, we headed to Southern Colorado. Aaron had quite the adventure flying in to Denver, but we were glad he was able to join us after all. We visited Grandma Pav and it was nice that Uncle Tom was visiting from AZ so we could visit with him too. 


I loved seeing this "Choose to be happy" sign in my Grandma's bathroom. She's definitely one of the happiest people I know and she's been through lot in her life. 



We loved swimming at the hotel and enjoying cousin time. 


Everyone wondered if these two are twins. They were inseparable. 




We had a Thomas Family Reunion and my cousin brought my Grandma Thomas' cookie jar full of sugar cookies my grandma use to bake! There were 168 of us in attendance and that's not even everyone! It was a wonderful time being together. I'm so grateful my kids can see that so many family members love them. 



These two cuties had matching shirts! 


Aaron looks good driving a mini-van. We sure enjoyed our drive to and from Colorado so much better in our van! 




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