We had the great fortune of traveling to Aspen for a family wedding last week and made a vacation out of the trip with the whole Morris clan (Darcy, Marmie, and Papa). Traveling as a family of 4 seems to have quadrupled the amount of luggage required to travel, especially with all of the infant gear! Thank goodness we had lots of extra hands helping us through the airport. Also, we quickly realized why they invented those smart carts. Genius!
The boys were both great travelers, even tolerating a 2 hour layover in Denver. Pierce had his own seat on the airplane since he is now 2, and Teddy slept comfortably in the Ergo for the entire trip there and back!
The wedding events were beautiful, and Teddy attended them all while Pierce stayed at the condo with a sitter. However, we managed not to snap a photo of all of us dressed for the events the entire weekend.
In between events, we went on many walks, hikes and gondola rides. At the top of Ajax mountain they have a sandbox, frisbee golf course and nature walks for kids, so we all stayed busy even though there wasn't any snow.
Thanks to Fred and Liz, Halsey and I were also able to go out fishing for an entire afternoon while they watched Teddy and Pierce. Teddy challenged them by not sleeping, which he is getting to be really good at! Here are shots of our catches below. Halsey and I caught some big fish. Our guide even said that I caught the biggest brown trout on the river this summer. He put up a good fight!
Fighting the good fight
Halsey's big rainbow
It was a great trip, and a relief to have that first travel experience as a family of 4 under our belts. Now we know we can do it!
Impressive, beautiful fish! Glad you guys got out together on the river!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you posted! Can't wait for the other three to come from 'draft' form too! :-)
ReplyDeleteSilly me- I didn't realize there were two more new posts below already! Love the pic of our happy couple holding hands at the splash park.
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