Summer Vacation: The North Pole

We had such a fun summer vacation this year to Colorado and Utah visiting family. Jason drove us out to my parents' house in Colorado on a Saturday, then flew back to Illinois the next day so he could work and go to High Adventure with the young men. Then my dad drove us to Riverton, Utah, to celebrate my Grandma's 80th birthday with all my siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles. Jason flew out and joined us there, and from there we drove to St. George, Utah to visit his mom. When we finished our visit with her, we drove back to my parents' house and rested there for a day before finishing the drive home. The whole trip was three weeks, 55 hours in the car (a bit more than 4,000 miles) and two plane trips. Whew.

One of the highlights in Colorado was the day we went to the North Pole, a kid's amusement park up in the mountains. My mom and I took the kids, and Eli was lucky she did because most of the rides were of the spinning variety which I cannot handle and he could ride the rides alone, so Grandma was his ride companion.

The Ferris Wheel made Ali very nervous because she read the signs posted all around that told us not to rock the seats, so she was worried about any little rocking that happened as a natural result of being on the ride. When Logan saw those same signs, he immediately decided to rock our seat...funny how their reactions differed!

This ride was really the only one we had to wait in line for at all. Only two people could ride at a time, so that makes sense. It is a big zip line and it was so fun!

Jake was a trooper on this day and throughout the trip. He hung out happily in his car seat, eating and sleeping when he needed to and otherwise being cute and peaceful. My mom said over and over on the trip that she couldn't believe we were doing everything we were doing with a two month old, and that he was letting us! What a sweetie.