Last Weekend's Trip to Gillette

So James and I left last Friday night (April 3) to go to Gillette for my Aunt Marie's 50th birthday bash. It was a surprise. We had to leave Friday night because of a bad snowstorm that was moving into the Denver area. Anyway, we got to visit lots of family and friends. Here is Marie at her party with my cousins Justin and Jeromy.

The other guests that were visiting Gillette this past weekend were David, Aria, and Levi. My parents were taking care of them while their parents (Elizabeth & Dan) went to Flordia for a long awaited vacation. We helped take care of D, A, & L for a couple of days till we came home on Monday. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Here are the three kiddos. left to right - Levi, Aria, & David
Uncle James and Levi watched Mickey Mouse Club on the computer for a while.
Then David decided to join them. They sat there content for a long time!
Aria was having a blast in the Jumperoo. She loves to be vocal and scream and yell just for the fun of it!
Smiley girl.
Pregnant Auntie Jess did try to do too much with the kids. I thought I probably shouldn't have been picking them up, but I did. Here is Aria just playing while I was resting.
One of the pack and plays was up in the living room and David was put into it, that way he couldn't crawl away!! (Just kidding. He loved playing there!)
We also took Jet with us to Gillette. It was interesting introducing the kids to him again. David did not like Jet at all. The first morning he was crawling around and Jet came into the living room and David actually crawled sideways!!! It was so funny. Jet didn't even notice him.

Aria and Levi loved Jet, but I think Aria liked him the most. She rolled and rolled and moved until she could get to him. Levi scooted across the floor to get to Jet. They had fun. Jet really didn't mind either.

Here is one of the first pictures of Aria around Jet. She laughed and laughed.

She then crawled all over him and he just laid there. She would pull on his fur and ears and he didn't flinch. I guess we trained him well! She even laid down on him some. She just loved him.

We finally got Jet distracted enough to put Aria on his back so she could "ride" him!! She had fun. The second time, Jet didn't want to have anything to do with it, so he ran in circles so we couldn't keep her on his back. They had fun!

All in all we had a great time, even if it wasn't the most relaxing time! It was good to just get out of Denver too. I don't know how much more we will be able to travel up there cause the car ride is not the most comfortable. We'll figure it out though. I'll be posting again Monday evening after our appointment which is at 3:00 pm. We'll have more pictures of our kiddos.