We’re currently in back-to-school mode but I’d be remiss if I didn’t post about some forgotten moments of summer.
Or rather, soon-to-be forgotten because I have the worst memory ever.
Of course, there was our trip to Calgary to visit my family, whom I’m missing like crazy. From My Favorite Ice Cream Shoppe.
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| Cute cousins |
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| Attacking my bro Pat |
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| Disturbing family pic w/ niece Emily, SIL Jane & creeper Pat |
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| Overlooking downtown Calgary |
To my almost-daily bike rides with Dad all over the city. Dude is in his 70s and still cranking out 20 miles/ride.
Not to be forgotten is our better-than epic trip to Disneyland to witness the opening of Cars Land.
‘Twas definitely in the Top 3 Vacations Ever.
And that means a lot because we’ve been on some killer trips.
Like this one to YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park.
We also had plenty of local adventures such as Heritage Square. I did a write-up at Mile High Mamas about it and between the alpine slide, amusement park and new Miner’s Maze Adventure, the kids had a blast.
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| Water Walkerz a.k.a. “hamster balls” were a hit |
The claustrophobic need not attempt.
And then there were plenty of activities with the youth from our church. Every Tuesday night, they congregate for fun or service and my kids are always delighted when I let them tag along.
Like this boating adventure at Chatfield State Park.
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| Haddie tubing behind the boat w/ her two babysitters |
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| Stomp rocket fun; minor nailing of geese involved |
The weather turned really blustery and we were delighted our group of 30 had the beach to ourselves.
Fair-weather wussies.
On another youth activity, we hit Bear Creek Lake State Park for some good ol’ fashioned crawdad fishing, swimming and playing.
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| Building the crawdad swimming hole |
And the scariest of the youth activities: tubing down Clear Creek. The Adventure Kids had a blast navigating the rapids.
Until they rode with me and we flipped backward and capsized. Want to talk about scary mom moments as I tried to swim upstream to collect them? I prefer not to. Big-time #MomFail.
But I made up for it on our final getaway before school at the Omni Interloken Resort in Broomfield where we endlessly played in the pool, fine-dined and scavenger-hunted with their Camp Omni program.
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| Poolside with the Honey |
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| Snowcones at H2O Pool Bar |
And, of course, we have to end with Hadley and Bode’s television debuton 9News.
Dear Denver Summer 2012: You about killed me with your record-breaking streak of 100-degree days in June and July.
But you’re definitely a summer we’ll never forget.
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 