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Estes Park Part 2

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There were so many fun things to do at Estes Park YMCA camp for our family. On our second night there we all went roller skating and played some games in their gym. We went at a perfect time of year because this camp is most busy in the summer and slows down a lot during the school year but still has good crowds for families staying there during holidays. Thankfully we went at a time where there were no crowds and no lines for anything but still enough people to meet and enough activities going on! 

Getting ready to roller skate!
 HAHA even my mom and dad got out on the rink floor.
VIDEO: Jamin and Landin on their skates for the first time!

The boys getting their skates

 Jamin was so excited to try skating for the first time!

The little skates were so cute on them! 




Time for a family picture


Dylin's first time skating too!



 Time for some fun in the gym!

 This gym was HUGE!


HAHA nice form Kyle!




 Back at the cabin....Cousins playing bingo...well sort of. All the little boys just wanted to play with the ball machine lol


 Dylin was exhausted from all the fun!


 Cousin fun!

 Good times with Grandma :)



 The next morning we went to the education center and learned about all the wildlife and their tracks.


Checking out all the animal tracks
 Then we got to look at and touch and feel furs, bones and other things....(the poop is fake lol).









 All the animal droppings

 Heading outside to find animal footprints of our own. It was too cold for everyone so it didn't last too long. I stayed in with Dylin.



 Coming back in to make bandannas with animal footprints on them!


Jamin wasn't feeling very good at this point...just tired so he went back to the cabin with Kyle. 
 Landin proudly displaying his bandanna

 Dylin wasn't too happy about wearing his


 In the afternoon, Kyle took the kids out for a hike.























 The evening we all headed into town for their tree lighting ceremony/festival and dinner.
 It was freezing and super windy.


 Pictures of some of the kids with Santa.

 Getting to meet some of the animals!

 Landin loved all the animals!




 Cookie decorating...yummmm!


 Grandma helping Landin decorate his cookie

 Yummy!
 We didn't stay out long because it was so cold so we decided to try to eat fast and then go back to see the lighting ceremony.
 We ate at a yummy pizza place just a couple blocks down from the festival
 Walking back to the festival....we were just able to catch them lighting up the square!

More to come!

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