We will meet you half way….

  Who knew that Colorado would become the halfway point for meeting our children?  When we lived in Wisconsin we would often travel to CO via car.  A few times we flew which was a mistake because it spoils you.  Several months ago we made plans to meet in CO- 1000+ miles later we were there.
   On our way out of CA we met this cousin for supper.  We had hoped to see them in CO but they were vacationing in CA!   Beth grew up in WI/IN and her father is my first cousin. We are off a generation since she is only 4 years younger than me.   A very nice but too short visit.

Beth and Jerry- Happy 30th Anniversary!

The scenery is quite different when you travel EAST to CO rather than WEST across the prairies and farmlands of IA/NE

After an overnight stop north of Las Vegas we finally arrived in CO.

We stopped for a dip in Glenwood Springs since we had some time to kill before we picked Tristan up at the airport.

Still some dirty snowbanks on the ski slopes

    We arrived at my Scott and Lynette's very early in the AM on Thursday since Tristan's plane was delayed 3 hours!  This lovely "B&B" is run by my cousin and is right down the road from Elizabeth Convention.  They graciously open their home to us rellies.  We had  wonderful days of fellowship and lots of  animated conversations catching up with our friends and relatives.  This convention feels like home to us since we have been there several times and know so many people.  And a reunion of the relatives is always great :)  These four cuties pictured next are the grandchildren of my double cousin Ron.  Their parents used to live in WI but now reside in CO.

Caleb showing his planes to Tristan

Carson

Brayden

Andrew

Tina and Joyce

Two builders and the architect talking business.

Brooke and her Grandpa Robert

4 of 5 of my double first cousins- 2 brothers married 2 sisters and this is the result!  2 live in WI, 2 in CO and the missing one lives in CT.  Love my almost siblings!

Our handsome boys that will always be boys to me even though they are men!

Our original family

Tristan and Brooke

All of us in our Sunday best.

Beautiful girls

Brooke and her parents- Tina and Jeff

Cousins

Cousins and "twins"

And yet another cousin- Nancy

And another cousin Ainslee and her beau Todd

The Metherd bunch- our hosts for 4 days

  After 4 days of convention, Tristan flew back to MN.  We continued on to our friends ( and Nikelle's parent's home) and extended our time with Shane and Nikelle.

The "boys"- Randy and Dave flying their planes. If they weren't flying their planes they were talking about them.

The view from the Winberg's courtyard.

    One day Nikelle, Shane and I went hiking at Red Rocks Park.

Very steep steps/seating in the ampitheatre

   We spent an evening at Barry and Alyssa's home- the parents of those 4 cute boys featured at the beginning of this post.   Really enjoyed our time at their lovely home.

The hostess with the mostest :)

Love Caleb's shirt….

   Another day we ladies had tea…… I learned to like tea but what I really like are the goodies!

Sharalyn, Nikelle, Connie, me and Brenda

   4h of July we headed over to Nikelle's brother's home for a BBQ after reading the Declaration of Independence at the breakfast table.

Nikelle and her daddy- Randy

Our host and hostess- Ryan and Katie

Our co in laws - Brenda and Randy

    We finished the 4th by attending a Rockies game…. we had nosebleed seats which were perfect for the fireworks!

     Very early Friday morning we said our good byes.  We headed west and the kids headed east- back to our places.  Wonderful days but always too short. Our stopping point 12 hours later was at our Vegas friends for the evening.  Kathy and Ron- friends from long ago…. back when we all lived in the Midwest!    Another adventure over- looking forward already to our next visit with our kids!