The McKinstry Family Blog: Denver

Over Memorial weekend we made a trip to Denver to visit the McKinstry side of the family and meet baby Silas for the first time. It was such a good time! We were able to see Oliver's place in Denver for the first time, where there also happened to be a street festival going on.... such a nice area (near Washington Park...sorry Ollie, I don't remember exactly what the name is for your part of town). We were also able to meet up with the Pedersons - Courtney, Jon, Harper and Lincoln. It's been a while since we've all seen each other, and we've each expanded our families by 1 since then, so it was great to catch up!

For most of our stay in CO we were Maia & Steve's place in Loveland, CO. It's so beautiful - seems like there's a gorgeous mountain backdrop everywhere you turn. We traveled to Boulder for a couple nights too so we could run the Bolder Boulder 10K. Yes, you read that correctly. Seth and I actually signed up for a run, and we didn't do too badly. Ollie, Maia, Steve, Seth and I all ran while Tim and Margaret watched the kids for us - they had it worse than we did for sure!

Luke and Ella seemed to be dealing with some kind of a bug on and off while we were away from home, so Luke especially wasn't always his normal self. Why oh why does that always happen when we travel?

Thanks to Maia, Steve & Silas, for all your hospitality. You went above and beyond to make us feel at home (actually a lot more comfortable and well fed than at home), and we appreciate it so much! Thanks to Ollie for showing us your neck of the woods and helping entertain the kids as always (napping with Luke :) ) And of course, thanks to Tim and Margaret for everything, especially acting as our taxi service, babysitting, gifts, food, drinks, etc, etc! It was so great to be all together for a few days. Hoping to see everyone again soon!

playtime with Grandpa