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Well, we made it back to Havasu Thursday afternoon.  It's good to be home and not living out of suitcases anymore, but we miss everyone!!  It's hard to believe that summer's almost over for us :(    It went by WAY too fast!  Tyler goes back to work this Tuesday and the kids start back next Monday. 

Here are a few pics of our family reunion in Colorado and of our trip home.

On our way to CO, we stopped at Royal Gorge. The bottom was soooo far down!! 

 

Then we stopped in a small town called Salida for lunch.  We went to a school playground so the kids could play while I fed Ryder.  As I was finishing up with changing his diaper I heard some commotion outside so I glanced over to the left and there was a deer about 30 feet away from the car!  Tyler took off after it to get some pictures:


I spy the deer in this pic, can you find it?

 

 

 

For my family's reunion we all stayed in a vacation cabin.  There was a pond and a creek and with that came a TON of mosquitoes!!  One of the highlights of the reunion was when we played Minute to Win It.  It was the most fun to watch people try the "move the cookie down your face and into your mouth without touching it" challenge. It was pretty funny :)

 

We took our time on the way home.  We drove through Southwest Colorado to Four Corners and then down through Northeast, AZ.  We saw some beautiful scenery that made us miss the mountains, grass, and trees A LOT!! 

 

We stayed the night in a little place called Tuba City right in the middle of Navajo Nation.  We went swimming and had a way less than satisfactory dinner at Denny's.  We would have been better off just going to McDonald's, but the pool and hot tub were fun :)  We had the four older boys sleep sideways on one of the queen beds so they would all fit.  Poor Taylor- his legs were hanging off the edge of the bed a little because he's been doing a little too much growing lately.

Thursday morning we stopped in Flagstaff at Target to do some shopping.  While we were there a pretty good rainstorm passed through.  The rain smelled so good and refreshing. When we got home our house was soooo hot! It took all afternoon with the air conditioner running non-stop to get it cooled down to a comfortable temperature. It is good to be home in our own space and getting back into somewhat of a routine. We had an awesome vacation and are so thankful we're able to visit our families for a while each summer :)