Durango, Colorado!

This year for our family vacation with my side we decided to go to Durango Colorado. My brother and his family live in Texas and they were driving out to Utah so we decided to meet them and have a little fun. With my two sisters, one brother, my mom and dad and us there is a total of 28 people and 18 of them being kids all under the age of 13. So you can only imagine the looks we get when we go places together. But we always have a blast!

We drove the 6 hours to Durango and met at Haviland Hideway. That was were we were staying. It was a big house like cabin. All of the cousins were so excited to see each other and to be out of the car. Isabelle could hardly wait to see her cousin Rachel from Texas. They are the same age and have so much fun together. While we were there we ate at a yummy restaurant in down town Durango, got lost in Cortez while trying to find the church,explored the Indian ruins at Mesa Verde, rafted down the Animus River, went on a tour of a gold mine in Silverton Colorado, had a birthday party, played tag in the dark with glow sticks, had a grasshopper funeral, stayed up late every night, went to four corners on the way home and had tons of FUN!

Our girls were so good on the trip and we had so much fun. I love watching Isabelle with her cousins as it reminds me of when I was her age. She is getting so big and was able to do everything we did. We were a little worried about taking her on the river trip because of how she hates water.She had swimming lessons the week before and that cured her of her fear. She did great and only got a little scared and teary eyed when we went over some big rapids. On the other hand Hayden LOVED the water and didn't want to get out. We finally took her out cause her legs were getting red from the cold water. Here is a look at all the fun we had...

Our Day at Mesa Verde...

Our Day on the water...

Day at the gold mine in Silverton, Colorado

As you can see we had lots of FUN and made great memories! Aren't family vacations the best?