Pics from our Stay-cation

We never went anywhere over the summer,vacation-wise that is, so this weekend we went on a first ever Wernlein family stay-cation. (It's a really cheesey term but we had a lot of fun) On Sat. we went to the Natural History Museum and got to see the new Dinosaur exhibit and on Sunday we drove up over Guennella pass, went hiking and saw some beautiful Fall color. Here are just a few pics from our weekend...

Checking out the dinosaurs!

Taking a hiking break

Me, Megan and Mitch resting near Clear Lake

Zoo night

We went to the Member's Preview Night at the Zoo last night and had a wonderful time. It had been very rainy all day and we weren't sure we were even going to get to go but being true CO natives we waited our 5 minutes and sure enough the sun came out and we were able to get out and see the animals put on a real show. Megan loved seeing all the "aminals" and waved bye to each one we saw and Mitch couldn't wait to see if the train was working, and it was: ) It was a great night and we ended with ice cream. Megan got her very own but was a little confused and started with the cone part first! Silly Megan!
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Digging in the dirt

The kids and I dug around in the dirt today. Mitch must have asked me a zillion times why we were "digging in the dirt" and Megan happily tromped around with her snow boots on. I was so sick last fall that none of my flower beds got winterized or cut back so I have a ton of work to do and lots of weeds to pull. Lucky for me I am feeling fine now and the garden didn't wait for me...oh no... there is a ton of work to be done out there! Spring is always a fun time. Anticipating what to plant, what will bloom next, what colors will show up. God blesses us each Spring with the promise of new life and today I got to share it with my little ones...even if we were just "digging in the dirt"!

Happy Friday!
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Saturday in Pictures

This is my day yesterday in pictures...
We went to the Shrine Circus in the morning. Here is Mitch chomping down on his cotton candy! Yummy!

Mati came home! She has 25 staples in her knee. Look at the poor dogs cankles!!

And this is how my day ended!! Frank took this picture and showed me this morning at breakfast. I didn't sleep on the floor all night but Frank and I are exhausted from tag teaming with the poor dog. And all the laundry! It's like having a third kid! At least she's worth it and she doesn't talk back : )

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