Firstly, I was with the Mountaineer group again and it went SUPER well. Secondly, my friend Jenna came to visit for several days. Thirdly, I found out more information about my China flight and visa!!
Monday July 13
The Mountaineers played capture the flag in Boulder field, did archery, and rode horses today and it was all relatively smooth.
Tuesday July 14
Today we did a short hike into Moraine Park and made bottle rockets and the Mountaineers loved that. I also had a kid from Chile join our group and had so much fun learning/teasing him about his country and trying to get him to speak Spanish.
Wednesday July 15
The Mountaineers did high ropes and low ropes today. One of my girls got really frightened going down the zipline and came down crying, but luckily once I got her talking about her favorite book series (Mortal Instruments) and TV show (Vampire Diaries) she calmed down and told me the entire plot line from beginning to end.
Jenna came today!! I met her and Erica in Sweet Memorial and we worked on a puzzle together and caught up before going to dinner at Ed's Cantina in town with Abby, Sarah, and Chandler. I had never been there before but it was pretty good! Erica and Jenna spent the night with me after that so they could get an early start hiking Flattop the next morning.
Thursday July 16
Thursday we played groundies (a tag game on the playground), went swimming, did the climbing wall, and visited the museum to make superhero puppets.
That afternoon I met up with Jenna and Erica after work and we hung out in Admin for awhile then went to visit Chandler at work with Abby. We discussed the crazy idea of hiking Long's that weekend then grabbed food and icecream at Mickey D's.
Friday July 17
I went on a hike with the Mountaineers on Friday - we took the fire trail up to Mills Lake and made it in an hour (we were booking it) My kids (Jack, Nicholas, Reese, Sofie, Adam, Mia) all played "What are the Odds", daring each other to stick their feet in the cold water.
After work I picked up my CHINESE WORK VISA information (basically the legit papers that will allow me to apply for a Chinese Visa)!!! I also got an email with my flight itinerary - I will be flying out August 23 from DFW to San Fransisco to Hong Kong to Changsha and return June 27 or 28 next summer.
Friday evening I went out to dinner at the Rock with Jenna, Erica, Chandler, Abby, Catherine, Sarah, and Sarah's friend. It was such a fun evening hanging out and dancing to a bluegrass band Chain Station.
Saturday July 18
It was my first day to sleep in for awhile in a long time which was super nice. We went to breakfast at this place called Notchtop Cafe in Estes Park then wandered into Moraine for a few hours.
That afternoon Abby, Jenna and I went into town to see Jurassic World (AMAZING) and eat dinner and Hayley's ice cream (of course). We played games in Rustic afterwards (I became a secret agent in the game of life.)
Sunday July 19
I slept in again and it was beautiful. We ate lunch then drove Jenna to the airport. It was so sad saying our goodbyes but I'm so glad we had the few days with her that we did!
Abby and I explored the University of Denver afterwards then hit up the original Chipotle (right next to a marijuana shop. Hello Colorado) before driving back to Estes to relax the rest of the weekend.
Sorry this week is so minimal! I really haven't had time for blogging lately and just wanted to get this down before I forget things.
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