Summer Road Trip Part 3 - Laramie, July 19 - July 24

The next part of our trip was a down week spent in Laramie between the Polson family reunion and the Clark family reunion.  Instead of making the trip back and forth from Maple Grove, Cameron was able to work from home during this week and not take vacation which was AWESOME!

My oldest sister, Lindsey, had gone back to Arizona after the Polson reunion with her family, and my other sister, Gelsey, was able to hang out for a couple of days, but then had to head back to Colorado to fulfill her maid of honor duties for a wedding that was on Friday.  It was sad that I wasn't able to spend that time with my sisters, but it was also really nice to have some one-on-one time with my parents for us and Miley.  Miley LOVED all of the extra attention that she got that week, even though she was missing her cousins!

On Monday and Tuesday, we just relaxed (really, the whole week was a whole lot of relaxing...it was great!) and hung out with Gelsey and Bode while they were still in Laramie.  Bode and Miley had so much fun playing together, and Miley will still say "Bo Bo" randomly, wondering where her cousin is!

Wednesday and Thursday, my mom and I spent a lot of time shopping and doing crafts.  I taught her how to make the wipes cases that I learned to make a couple years ago, and we spent a couple late nights making those to have around for baby gifts.  We also both made taggie blankets, something I have been wanting to try for a while.

We also just got to spend some good time with my parents catching up, and of course...relaxing.  We were able to eat out at some restaurants in Laramie that we don't have up here, play a few games, and just enjoy being together.  Cameron was also great this whole week...on top of working all day every day, he would come home and help take our dog for walks, wash my dad's collection of old cars, and mow the lawn.  My dad had just had back surgery, and some of these things were tough for him to do, so we were glad that we were able to help out!

On Friday, my mom and I left Miley at home with Cameron and my dad, and we went down to Fort Collins to shop and to go to the wedding that my sister and her husband were both in.  We were able to help them out by watching Bode at the wedding, and then bringing him back to Laramie with us for the night, before they joined us the next day.  We were running around like crazy trying to get all the shopping in that we wanted to, and then spent the afternoon resting and getting ready for the wedding that was that evening.  

After the wedding, we drove back to Laramie with Bode.  Unfortunately, due to a lack of coordiantion between us and my sister, we didn't have any diapers or anything with us, so we figured we would just change him when we got back.  Well, apparently he had had a bit too much to drink, and the diaper was just too full so he ended up being VERY wet all over when we finally got home.  Since we didn't have a change of clothes for him, we threw him into some of Miley's pink pajamas for the night.  :)  Sorry Kipp and Gelsey...I just had to post the pictures.  :)

Saturday, we spent the day packing up to leave on Sunday for Cameron's family reunion.  We also spent the day cooking and cleaning, because Don and Cindy and their family were coming into Laramie that evening on their way from Maple Grove to the reunion, so that we could caravan down together the next day.  We invited them over for a barbeque, and Miley was so excited to see her Minnesota cousins again!

Sunday morning, we said our goodbyes and hit the road for the Clark family reunion near Durango, Colorado.  We had so much fun spending time with my family, and felt lucky that we were able to get some time with our whole immediate family, our extended family, and then some quieter, more relaxing one-on-one time.  We miss everyone already and hope to see them again soon (up here??).  :)

Clark family reunion coming up next!