Monday, May 20, 2013

A super fun visit with my parents!

We got a special "surprise" visit from my parents a couple of weekends ago. They had just bought a motor home and wanted to go on a trip. Lucky for me, I am the closest kid who lives in another state - so they called a few days ahead and came to see us! It was a lot of fun and I'm so glad they came out. It was pretty cloudy the whole time they were here, which is a bummer because it's usually so sunny all the time! It was great being able to show them where we live. They got in Friday evening and we took them to our favorite Mexican restaurant out here (seriously though, it is amazing). Then Saturday we took them to the Denver Zoo. I'd never been so it was extra exciting :) Then we took them to a cookout at Jantz's parents house. They stayed at a reservoir close to our apartment and we stayed with them Saturday night. My mom made a delicious breakfast in the morning - with fruit, eggs, bacon, sausage, and french toast (because that's how my family rolls while camping haha). We had hoagies for lunch and then delicious tin foil dinners for dinner. We played lots of cornhole and catch. Then on Sunday my dad rented a fishing boat and we went out the lake, just to ride around. It was actually really fun. We drove around the whole lake and took turns driving. We tried to hit other boat's waves, which only worked a few times haha. We ate lunch out there and then went back to camp for dinner. Then we had to go home to get some sleep for an early Monday :( It was sad saying goodbye. I hope they had as much fun as we did - we really enjoyed having them out here! Hopefully there are many more visits :)

This tiger got so close to the edge








This seal was such a show-off



this rhino was pretty awesome

huge hippo. whoa he was huge

you can't tell, but there are two huge grizzlies behind us haha




so much fun at the zoo :)


aren't they so cute? love them

ready for some boating in our little fishing boat


enjoying some after lunch cookies



silly dear hanging out at the campsite

1 comments:

Helen Hall said...

Hi Ali! What fun pictures of a great "surprise" visit! Eric and Connie look so good! And so do you two, of course. I'm glad you told us the news of the motor home because we're out of the loop. Did they bring their horses and dog and chickens, too?
Love you, Helen