Laramie Trip - Part 4

During our last couple days in Laramie, we got to do do some hiking, do some fun "girl" things and celebrate the 4th of July.

Friday morning, July 3, we went to a place right outside of Laramie, called Vedauwoo. It has all these awesome rocks to climb, and is beautiful scenery. Cameron was awesome, and offered to stay home with Miley and my sister's son, Bode, who is the same age, so they could get their naps, and so we could enjoy ourselves a little bit more up in the mountains.

Vedauwoo

Standing under the sign that told us of our impending doom if we were to proceed. :)

Vedauwoo has all these hanging rocks, so we had to get the pictures to look like we are holding them up (really, we are just that strong, but I am just trying to be humble.).

My sisters, Lindsey and Gelsey.

My nephew, Tyler.

My nephew, Jeremy, and me.

Me wondering, why in the world did I haul this bag up with me to climb on some rocks??

My nephew, Tyler, and my mom climbing some rocks.

Me, my nephews, Tyler and Jeremy, and my sister, Lindsey.

Hey up there!!

Hanging out with my nieces, Megan and Lucy, while everyone else was hiking.

That afternoon after hiking, my mom and sisters and I went to get pedicures, and to do a little shopping. The pedicures were not the best experience for my mom and my sister, Lindsey. They had to wait forever, and then they never even got around to painting my sister's toenails! Hopefully the next time we do this, it will go a little smoother! But the shopping was fun...can't complain about that.

The next day we spent the 4th at our town celebration in the park, called Freedom Has a Birthday. The older kids really enjoyed it, but we only stayed for about an hour with the babies.

The patriotic ones in the fam...my brother-in-law, Michael, Cam, Miley, and me.

Miley was not super psyched about being strapped into her stroller the whole time! I am pretty sure she is giving me the evil eye in this picture! :)

Miley showing off her 4th of July gear at home.

All the kiddos together one last time, before bed and before Cameron and I left EARLY the next morning. Miley is trying to make a run for it...

That evening, we played with sparklers, and watched fireworks...we then drove outside of the city limits to set off some of our own, and had just gotten through them all when a cop came and told us to get out of there. We are such rebels. :) My oldest nephew, Jeremy, got to stay up and do all of this with us, and at one point while watching fireworks he said, "This is kind of awesome." And it was. :)



Cameron and I left the next morning at 3:00 am! The trip back was much less uneventful than the trip out there, and Miley was really good except for about an hour before each nap.

We are so glad we were able to make it out to see everyone. It was so much fun, and we miss everyone already! Hopefully it is not another two years before we are all together again!