Adventures with Grand kids ~ Spring Break

 Eva, Coranelle and Sheldon in the new baby trailer, Turtle.  Sheldon and Coranelle slept in it all three nights.  I think they REALLY like it! 

                                     Coranelle and Sheldon feeding our neighborhood turkeys.

                                Tubing at the Leadville Tubing Hill was a big hit for all ages!!! 

                                            Steve went down as many times as the kids did! 

                                    I think Eric and Kari had as much fun as the grand kids

                                                                        Snow Angels

                Eric's cousin, Ronja, is here from Germany!  It was so much fun having her here, too. 

 Adopted neighbor, "daughter" Lisa and Kari.  SO much fun.  Lisa speaks German, so she and Ronja spoke lots of German.

                                   Kirt and Eric playing ping pong.  Nobody could beat Eric!!!

                     Kari braiding the girls' hair.  (Coranelle, why did you stick your tongue out???)

                             We went to the Salida Hot Springs pool on Sunday.  That was a big hit, too! 

                                                                    Eric and Ronja

Sooooo...... I have had NO voice (laryngitis) and a yukky cold, sore throat, and  plugged up ears since last Thursday.  On Friday night our first set of kids and grand kids showed up at our house.  There were only six of them.  Eric, Kari, Eva, Coranelle, Sheldon and Ronja, Eric's cousin.  I think they all enjoyed their weekend in Buena Vista.  We went to the tubing hill in Leadville on Saturday and the Salida Hot springs pool on Sunday. Coranelle and Sheldon slept out in the "baby" trailer, Grandpa and Grandma slept in the BIG trailer and the others had plenty of room in the house.  Steve cooked lots of breakfasts and we had yummy dinners.  Sunday night, we had German night and Ronja cooked a German potato dish and our neighbor Lisa brought cucumber salad and fruit strudel.  Yum!!! It has been pretty quiet around here, since they left yesterday. 

This weekend Amanda, Josh and Linden are coming and the following weekend Stefan, Rachael, and baby Louisa will be here. My goal is to be 100% healthy by this weekend.  You can't imagine how hard it is to NOT be able to talk.  I did some whispering, but that got old quickly.