Labor Day Weekend

The kids & I spent Labor Day weekend with my family. My parents, brother & niece drove from St. Louis to visit us. We had a great time and crammed A LOT in just 2.5 days! (Ben spent the weekend in Vail with college friends)
Our first stop was the Focus On The Family Kid Center. Samuel & Addy enjoyed running around, climbing & playing with puppets!

Playing on the stage with Addy

Playing puppets with Papaw

 Then we went to the pool at my parents hotel. It had an indoor water slide! Samuel went down his first water slide with Uncle Brad! He LOVED it!! He isn't showing much fear about anything these days!

At the top of the slide!

At the bottom...check out his smile!

Saturday we went to the zoo. Samuel has been there many, many times but this time was neat - he got to do some things for the first time! He touched a ball python, got to hide snacks in the elephant exhibit & watched the elephants find them!

Ball Python

Hiding the snacks

Samuel hid one of his under this big stick

There is the elephant that found Samuel's hiding spot!

 We went to see the balanced rock at Garden of the Gods Saturday night.

 After we left Garden of the Gods, we headed to Manitou Springs to play at the Penny Arcade! Brad & dad really enjoyed playing old video games like Centipede! Samuel & Addy rode a bunch of the quarter kid rides!

Dad playing Centipede!

Sunday morning we went to The North Pole Amusement Park. Samuel & Addy enjoyed riding many rides & we did a bit, too!

You can barely see him, but Samuel is in the middle!

Samuel's 1st roller coaster ride!

It was super fun weekend! We were all exhausted by the end of it!