Labor Day weekend was welcomed with outstretched arms. Another few days to stay in our jammies just a few hours longer with no schedules telling us where we need to be. A weekend to breathe in family and relax.
Friday night we all went to watch Nathan's game in Arvada. Excitement buzzed all around us as we watched him and his whole Scorpion team under the lights get creamed. It was very humbling. Nathan got two penalties and lets just say he was humbled and we all learned a lot that night. I have a great love for one of his coaches I barely know as he took him on the sidelines and gave him a "pump up speech". The night ended with tears and of course we managed to pull out some laughs eventually in the car.
Saturday the boys went with Justin and cleaned the church. I stayed home with Cardon and we both took a much-needed nap. That night we ended up at one of our favorite places in Colorado. A little park that has become sacred to our family. It is nestled at the bottom of the mountains in Golden and has been named "Golden Park." for good reason. A pebbled path circles several acres of green fields and pine trees. The boys love the playground and the smell of the horses grazing next to the property.
Mammy and Papa drove up with us and we meet Bill, JoAnn, Jackson, Todd, Martha, and the boys and had a picnic. We said goodbye to JoAnn and Bill as they are moving to Kansas City and will start their new adventures.
Sunday we had our primary program practice at the church. Nathan, Kendall, and Justin are going to sing the 3rd verse of Praise to the Man. It sounds so beautiful.
We got home and Mammy and Papa came over. We gobbled up some lemon tortellini chicken pasta and hurried up over to the park to fly kites. The wind was just breezy enough to get the kites going. Todd and his family met us there and Luke joined in on the fun. We laid on a blanket and listened to the kites flapping and watched the boys run with massive amounts of unwound string trailing behind
them.
Monday we kidnapped Mammy and took her to an appointment with Lynn. She did her miracles and worked on the whole family. We drove to Castle Rock after and did some shopping. We ended up going to lunch at Cafe Rio and ate it in the car so that we could get to Colorado Springs in time to make it to the Zoo. It was a beautiful day to make the drive.....
The highlight was feeding the giraffes. Their long purple tounges would curl around the lettuce and into their mouth it would go. The boys loved it! We went on to see a beautiful set of lions, elephants, a bear, and lots of other animals. Cardon did really good and I think lots of zoo trips will be in his future.
We ended our adventure with a quick trip to Dairy Queen for the drive home.
It was perfect.
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