Nothin' says vacation like a little altitude sickness

Family vacation time. Aspen, CO to be exact. Here we are en route. The kids have traveled extremely well. Even Evan (thank goodness for ipod video).



It's been a rough start. We left on Tuesday and all was going well until our decent into Denver. Poor little Evan's face went white as a sheet and before you knew it, mommy was being thrown up on. But let's face it, as a mom, it comes with the territory. I mean, at this point, who HASN'T been thrown up on during an airplane ride? Luckily the short plane ride to Aspen was uneventful. And luckily Kiira's very high gag instinct was held in check. However, once we actually arrived at where we were staying, the floodgates opened once again. And, just our luck the washer/dryer was not working in the unit we were staying. Which, may I mention, is one reason we PAY for a &*%^ing condo. Numerous trips down to the pay laundry later, things are squeaky clean again and we began a bedtime process which I had hoped would last through the night. Not so unfortunately.

Who knew Evan would be my delicate little flower? I had never seen the effects of altitude sickness but the poor little guy had it. Which makes sense now in hindsight as he had the same thing when we drove to Tahoe. Boy oh boy I hope he grows out of it...at least I'll be prepared next time though.

A few days later now we are recovered and having a grand time. Our friends Ron, Nancy and their two kids Reiland and Ainsley come here for the summer so we are blessed with having built in tour guides and trip planners. Thank goodness because we have done and are going to do many fun activities that we never would have known about otherwise!




The rodeo is one of those examples. Despite some constant drizzle or all out downpour we have been spending as much time outside as possible. Wednesday night we went to a rodeo over at Snowmass where the kids got cowboy hats to ward off the rain.




We watched calf roping, bucking broncos and crazy bulls. Now while I don't necessarily agree with all rodeo aspects, our kids certainly did enjoy it at face value. Well worth it.






The days following have been spent hanging with Ron/Nancy and crew and taking advantage of the beauty Aspen has to offer. A few of the crowd did the Ajax trail hike and Kiira and Ainsley did a rock climbing wall. In between we've been playing ball/frisbee at Wagner park (which has a fabulous "rock" to climb for the kids as well) and breathing in the thin air and fresh pine smells. Stay tuned for more adventures to come. Gondola, concerts, ducky derby to name a few upcoming activities to come!