Sunday, August 10, 2008

A Visit to the Ft. Collins Cousins

A few years back (four, to be exact), I took a trip to Ft. Collins to see my cousin Robb. Robb is only three months older than me, and we've always been good friends. The first visit was to help my sister Ashley shop for mission clothes, but while we were there Robb (an optometrist) was nice enough to take a look at Ashley's eyes and help her get contacts for her mission. The year after that, Morgan was told she needed glasses; so we decided to go see Robb again. By this time, our kids were good friends and my girls always asked when we were going to go visit again. The result of all this is that we have made it a tradition to go to Ft. Collins every summer to see Robb and his family (and we usually end up with one of us needing to see Dr. Robb also -- thanks a TON, Robb!!!).

We always have a whole bunch of fun visiting. Robb's whole family is still in Ft. Collins, so we actually usually get to see all of them -- his parents and three brothers along with their families too. Robb's wife, Amy, is always nice enough to take us all to fun places. This year we did a lot of swimming. This first picture is of Aaron, Robby, Brynne, and Morgan playing at a new park.

The kids are all in swimming suits because the fun new park also had a water area. Here's a great shot of Morgan running over one of the water spouts.
Brynne played in the water a lot, but my favorite picture I took of her is when she took time out to play on the play equipment:
We took a break from the park so we could go home for some lunch. Then we went to a neighborhood pool to continue the fun. Here's the only picture I have of all the kids with Kelbre (Robb and Amy's daughter); however, her back is to the camera. You'll just have to imagine how cute she is! :)The best part of the day is that Morgan discovered a new trick -- jumping off the diving board. She spent hours on the board. I took more than 10 pictures before I got one of her actually in the air. You gotta love the nose plugging! :)
And if you think the diving board looks fun - they had a water slide too. I'm quite proud of this picture, especially given the fact that I had a tough time getting a good shot on the diving board:
And while Morgan was testing out her new skills, Brynne was trying out all of the cousins' floating devices. Here she is with one of her favorites:
Thanks for another great visit guys! :)

2 comments:

Dashley said...

Great pics, great time. I wish I could have come along again. I can't believe it has been 4 whole years since then! I remember thinking that we would never be where Robb and Amy are (being done with school and settled), especially because I was taking a year and a 1/2 detour, and now we are only 3 years away! Hey, its better than 7. :) You mentioned that Robb checked my eyes that summer, but didn't he give check ups to ya'll too? We have many years to thank him for! Talk to you soon!

CMHill said...

How fun of a park! I wish they had something like that here.