Drive-In and Cabin

      Our cabin trip started a little differently last weekend.  Joey headed up with the kids for an extra special treat.  They got to go to a drive-in!  In the past, we have made a yearly trip to the drive-in down in Pueblo.  Our last trip two years ago wasn't the best and we found it to be very crowded so we haven't been back.  There is a drive-in in Buena Vista so Joey figured it would be a good one to try.  They were playing the movie "Inside Out" which the kids were dying to see.  Joey said the weather was perfect and the had such a fun time watching a movie outside.  They ate popcorn and laughed and had a wonderful time.
    My sister and I headed up to the cabin bright and early Saturday morning.  Last weekend at the cabin, the weather was quite cool.  We were so pleased to see it was already in the 70s when we got there around 9:30. For the first time all summer, we were able to break out our shorts at the cabin.          There is a small river or or tributary that runs behind my dad's cabin.  In the beginning of summer it was flowing like crazy and the water was very high from all of the snow melt off.  We discovered this weekend that it was flowing very slowly.  It was also not deep at all.  We took the kids down there and they had an incredible time running around in the water.  It only went past their ankles so they were completely safe.  The girls especially loved it.  We sat down there all day as they built mudpies, played house, and went hunting for "rare" rocks.  It was such fun and something we have never gotten the chance to do before.  I'm really hoping for one more really nice weekend to play in the water.

The Buena Vista drive-in

They were the first ones there.  Can't beat that backdrop.  

Ella ready for the movie to start

Crazy kids

Feeding chipmunks

This is a different part of the river that they like to throw rocks in

Gracie going for a walk

Water time!

SO much to explore

They discovered that sticks were fun

Alli really likes the water

Gracie LOVED the water

Dawson got a little dirty

Fun times

This swing gets constant use I think

I tried to take a picture to capture how dirty Ashlyn was

Gracie pretending she was going for a ride

The weather was gorgeous during the day, but it poured rain almost all night.  

Time to go feed the chipmunks again

We love it when we have the place to ourselves