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Leadville Trip

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In August we took a trip to Leadville. I know it sounds random but Kyle was invited to a bachelor party where he spent the day with some friends from college and so we decided to make it a family trip. The first night there I wasn't too impressed. The motels (they don't have any hotels there) were way over priced and nothing seemed to be open for dinner but the Pizza Hut across the street from our hotel. The next day Kyle went golfing with his friends and I set out to have an adventure with Jamin, Landin and Dylin. The original plan was to take a train ride but it was cold and rainy and when I asked about the train ride, people said it was long and pretty windy. So I opted out of that experience with three young kids. We went back to the hotel for a little bit and then checked out. After that I decided to pick up lunch and head to a fish hatchery near by. This is when I started to fall in love with this town. The boys had a blast and it was incredibly gorgeous. Did I mention it was FREE?! We ended up staying there for 3 hours just playing and feeding/watching the fish! It was pretty cool to see how many there were there! After the hatchery we went to Turquoise Lake. It was so beautiful there! The boys had to throw rocks into the lake and before you knew it, it was late afternoon and time to head back to pick up Kyle. We drove though a few different parts of town and I loved all the character and community that was there. We hope to go back and camp next summer!!!

Getting ready to leave! "mom stop taking out picture' 

We made a stop half way and the boys all went potty while I fed Dylin. The forest ranger spoiled them with snap on bracelets! 

The boys exploring in the rain

It was really pretty at this rest stop...lots of nice hiking trails


Showing off their snap on bracelets


Getting to our motel.

Just playing with baby brother!

The boys thought it was funny to stick their fingers in Dylin's mouth...poor Dylin






three little cuties in the bed


Don't know why this picture turned out huge. This is when we were walking about town trying to find a place to eat.
Getting to the fish hatchery!!!



















Beautiful view of the valley and mountains!








Trying to get a picture of all four of us was hard lol

Getting to Turquoise Lake





















Landin feel asleep under his blankie lol


Our drive home!

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