A Visit from Grandma B
Zaiden’s Grandma B (Nikki’s mom) came to town last Wednesday. Over the weekend we took a couple of nice drives and had picnics. On Saturday, we went to Sedalia in the hopes of seeing what “all the buzz” was about. Belinda (aka Grandma B) is in the market for some real estate and was told to check out Sedalia instead of Estes Park. There wasn’t much in Sedalia so we took off for a drive up into the mountains. We ended up having a picnic along Rampart Range Road. We snapped a few photos to commemmorate the event. AJ and Rachelle came with us and it was quite a fun little outing.
On Sunday, Belinda, Rachelle, Nikki, Zaiden, Moose, and I went up to Estes Park to check out real estate up there and to possibly go for a drive in Rocky Mountain National Park. We stopped at the dog park in town so Nikki could feed Zaiden and Moose could go have some fun. Rachelle and I took Moose down to the park while Nikki and Belinda hung back to feed Zaiden. After his lunch, we snapped a few photographs, such as the one on the right, because we gave him a little mohawk and put on some cool shades.
Once we got into town, though, our fund subsided. It was absolutely packed. We could barely find a parking space let along a spot for a picnic. We ended up parking at Safeway and eating in the FJ. Crikey! After that, we all started moseying through town. We checked out a house that was for sale and a couple of shops. I got a sweet “Dumb and Dumber” T-Shirt (with pictures of George H. Bush and George W. Bush, respectively).
It was just too crowded, though. We headed back to the car where Nikki fed Zaiden again, and we packed up and left. On our way home we stopped at a new neighborhood that is going up next to I-25. The office was closed so we couldn’t see any of the models but Belinda did pick up a packet to see what there was to see.
We headed home after that. It was a great weekend and it was really nice to get up in the mountains even if it was just to drive around a bit. I would have preferred hiking or camping or something, but since Zaiden had been sick we put the kaibosh on the camping idea. It worked out in the end.
It was great to see Belinda, too. She’s a wonderful mother-in-law and grandmother. I wish she lived closer (as I with my whole family lived closer), but such is life.
As usual, click on any of the photos to go to a photo album with all the pictures … 