August ended with a great road trip!

What a long and wonderful month it was. It was probably the longest month of my pregnancy, because at the end of it I realized I was further along than I thought. I think I was feeling stuck somewhere between the 5th and 6th month. Well, now we only have two months to go until this baby is here and that isn't going to take that long. :D

We took a wonderful roadtrip to Colorado at the end of the month. We went out for my friend Amanda's wedding but we took our time and made a nice vacation out of it. We drove down through Arizona staying with friends and doing some Bionicon business. Prescott, Az is a very beautiful spot. Those are the pictures of the sunflowers and G using her little potty on the side of the road. We stayed with our friends the Hoskins over night and then headed out the next day for Durango. It was so nice to be back in Co on our favorite Hwy. If you've ever driven Hwy 285, you know it's the prettiest streatch of road there is.



Giulia, fortunatly, is a great road triper, so we got to enjoy the scenery. I actually really enjoyed making frequent stops at parks and such to play and let her run out some energy. It's nice to stop and smell the flowers sometimes. Before children, our roadtrips were usually just 'get there as fast as we can,' now we have to stop or go crazy. Those stops were some of our best memories. Of course, we couldn't have made it without Donald Duck. I brought DVD's for G and the only one she watched, over and over again, was a DD one that had her cracking up!

We hadn't been to Durango since our honeymoon, but Mic had to meet a man from a bike magazine to give him a demo bike. Good reason to go see a lovely town. We had a very nice picnic at a park before heading back on the road for more beautiful mountains. Giulia did look out her window often enough to notice the "big Mountains" and ask her Daddy to help her climb them.

We spent the first real night of our vacation in Salida, Co, one of our favorite vacation spots. We stayed at the same lodge we always do and had some fun in the river. Friday we arrived in Denver with enough time to drop G off at Christy's, take a shower and then head back up the road to Morrison for the wedding. Very beautiful and the rain waited to fall until the ceremony was over. We got to see some more friends and just relax with some good food and chat. Best of luck to you, Amanda and Nick.



We spent the weekend seeing friends, having dinnner, walking the Louisville bike paths, and just enjoying being in Co. Giulia was game for anything and really made us proud of our little girl.

Monday Mic took his little girl to the Denver Zoo by himself because I was exhausted. They spent over four hours there and had a wonderful time. Giulia got to spend her money from Granny on an Elephant with blue eyes that she calls Daddy elephant. Very fitting since he took her. See the pictures and comments for my favorite quote from G....it's on the gorilla picture. :D

By the end of the week, it was really starting to feel like a vacation. It was hard to come back, but we headed out Saturday and once again took our time. We stopped in Fruita, Co at the dino museum and then again in Utah and bought a kite for some windy fun.

Back home, G was glad to get back in the swing of things with dance class and more Rc parks. We'll be back someday Colorado, but for now we're home in California.

God bless to you all, Summer and family