Hitting the Road, Colorado Bound

After graduation we headed to Colorado for the weekend.  Tony's cousin Nathan was graduating from high school and we wanted to be there to congratulate him.  It also provided us with an opportunity to visit with the Fischers, Tony's buddy Tim's family in Fort Collins.   We had not been there since Ryan was 3 months old, when Tony's cousin Justin graduated.   The kids were so excited that we would be taking a motor home.   Ryan left the day before with Grandma and Grandpa, so we only had 2 boys to travel with.  Brandon slept most of the way.  Actually, he would have slept the whole way had we not stopped for gas.   Sean was a great traveller, reading books, coloring, watching movies, playing his DS and even taking a nap in the bedroom for about an hour.

Reading his kindergarten graduation card from Mommy and Daddy.

Buckled in and ready to go.  Okay, we were already on the road... I wasn't so much buckled in at this point!

Sean getting ready for his nap.

Tony and Stanley keeping their eyes on the road.

A train and the "exciting" scenery in Western Nebraska

Pumping for oil

Nuf said!

Sean looking out the window.  He loved that people would wave to him.

Ryan was so excited when we picked him up.  He kept saying "me missed you Mommy".  I missed him soooo much too.  

Playing baseball at the Fischer's

Ryan and Grant 

We went to the park to ride the train.  Since the last time we visited Sean has seen pictures and read a book about this train.  He did not remember riding it, but he was very excited about riding it this time.  

Lainey, Gabe, Sean and Grant waiting to board.  Not sure where Ryan was at this point.

There he is!

L-R  Grant, Ryan, Sean and Gabe

It started raining while we were at the park, so we sought out something else to do.  After a while the rain stopped and we decided to explore downtown Fort Collins.  We arrived to find out that there was bike rally going on.  The kids thought it was great checking out all of the Harley's.  I was paranoid they would get too close and knock one... and dominoes!  Our boys' eyes were popping out at the sights and sounds!

Watching the band.  Ryan and Grant even danced for a bit.

Some sort of burn out.  Spinning tires I think.  Sean and Ryan wanted no part of this!

A house off the interstate in Wyoming

We stopped at Cabella's on the way home to see the displays and stretch our legs.

It was quite a nice and interesting store.  All of the animals are actual stuffed (mounted) animals.