i have read and said a lot of super snarky things about vacationing with young children, and there is an element of truth to some of the snark. we were gone for ten days and i probably did as many loads of laundry. they still need to be fed, bathed, corralled; fights still need to be broken up. they are usually in possession of way more sugar and way less sleep than usual, which adds a fun gauntlet to all activities.
but. there is also so much to be said for unstructured time and family togetherness. the pace of our normal lives is nutso a lot of weeks, so it is really incredible to just take however long you want to eat a sandwich or walk back to the cabin from the coffee shop. the secret for us is not over-scheduling anything. we have a basic set of things we'd like to do, and each day we talk about what those things are. and then we try to do some or all of them.
during our stint, justin had a trip to urgent care and a severe sinus infection, ek barfed two nights in a row, and hollis had fever for a couple of days. but we also saw gorgeous elk grazing on a mountain top, saw waterfalls careening down mountains, watched ek hop across rocks across a stream, fed chipmunks from our hands, saw a great fireworks display, ate homemade ice cream, met family members we'd never seen before, sat in quaint bookshops and read, watched storms roll over the rockies, got to ride in four airplanes, played riotous board games. jb got to go on a fishing trip, ek got to ride a pony, the kids discovered fruit leather. we rode an alpine slide, saw groves of aspens and cottonwoods, jumped on trampolines, and visited the most incredible children's museum ever. it was a really great trip.
we have yet to sort the nine million "real" photos from the vacation, but here are a few fun ones from my iphone and our time in CO. utah will be forthcoming.
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