It has been a wonderful week of family and friends connections: good food and kid stuff - rollerskating and roller coasters, driving back and forth to gym classes, watching jump roping practice, playing foosball and watching movies. It has been a blessing spending time with my parents, sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew, aunt and cousins, and reconnecting with old friends. It has been a blessing seeing the world through the eyes of children (as best I can) - remindful of my time with my own boys as they were children (as well as giving thanks that they are no longer that age). It is so cliche to think how quickly time passes, and how important it is to appreciate whatever stage your children are in, for before you know it they are on to another stage, and it is also so true.
Nephew Rory
My friends Mark and Lisa's boys, Samuel and Thomas
Samuel, Mark, Lisa and Thomas
On the drive to Boulder to visit my cousin Dana
Cousin Dana's daughter Alexis and my niece, Ricki
Dana, Alexis, Ricki and me
My sister Amy, Aunt Laurie, Ricki and Alexis
The whole family with my mom and dad (except for my brother-in-law Russ, who went fishing with Rory)
Tomorrow I head west, across Colorado, Utah, Nevada and into California. I don't know which route I will take, for I will try, once again, to stay off the freeways. The shortest distance between Littleton, Colorado and Fresno, California is 1200 miles (2000 kilometers) - this is one big country! I am excited to get on the road again and see where I end up.
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