Day 137

A couple of the littles got into bubbles on the deck. Papa took Matteo and AJ fishing at Palmer Lake. They caught a couple fish and Papa caught a unit train of windmill blades, big ones. As a reminder, you can always follow Jamie's railfan stuff at his rail-blog: ToShinyRails.com. AJ also made friends with a family of six teen ducks and one adult duck. And birthday cake for Fina! Which she tried to run away with. And lastly, check out the top (up-cycle) and skirt (from scratch) Fina made for herself today, no pattern. Her story of the fits, starts, and redos was pretty interesting; a budding seamstress, perhaps.

That's a Thomas Kinkade piece (in case you didn't recognize it).

UP1989, Union Pacific Heritage fleet.
Painted in Denver & Rio Grande Western colors.

Birthday cake gets everyone's attention.

She almost got away with it. Nothing Bundt Cakes are worth hijacking.

Day 136

Back to church for the second Sunday. Live and in person! With all the social distancing, masks, etc. Beautiful morning, then rain in the afternoon. Some of us like rain just as much, sitting on the deck for hours watching it. The baby finds eating bananas puzzling. Quilting continues in earnest. And AJ's team has to wear masks now when in the dugout. One of the moms made masks for each player with their number on it. Very cool. We enjoyed My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding parts 1 and 2 tonight.

The first square!

Day 135

First semi-normal day in quite a while. Normal meaning everyone was doing their thing, some shopping, lots of kid activities. Aunt Vickie's leaving this morning marked the end of all the fun, special stuff. Even Matt out did Matt for getting creative for lunch. He whipped up a fabulous sausage/filet-filled, 2-cheese (pepper jack and mozarella), broiled sandwich that was fab. Not pictured is AJ and Matteo working several hours in the garage with their newly-arrived science kits. The baby tries bananas. Lexi just goes nuts over Old Mare (Old Maid). She's also working on her second ream of paper for art (since yesterday). AJ had a baseball game today, but I think much of it got rained out. But, they brought Taco Bell home for dinner! Schitz Creek has returned to the big screen.

Day 134

By the time noon came around, all three dogs had been groomed and everyone was home from the Gaylord. The rest of the day was playing games, doing puzzles, and relaxing. Matt fired up the grill for a steak dinner. Nana started catching up with Jamie on The 4400. And the Regusci side was continuing with Schitz Creek before bed.

"Sagrada" - recognize that stained glass?
The game's look is designed after the Sagrada Familia in
Barcelona which the Fosters and Siscos visited last Fall.

Look how well groomed everyone is.

Lexi calls it "Old Mare" (really Old Maid).

Day 133

While the gang, including Aunt Vickie, played at the Gaylord, Jamie finished his second scene for the Voices Beyond the Veil project (Gazette article), did doggy care, and watched the first six episodes of The 4400 (kinda interesting in a sci-fi and character-powers sort of way).

Bildad, the Shuhite (book of Job)

Day 132

Yet another grand day at the Gaylord, lounging and water play morning till night. Nana and Papa came home at dinner time. Jamie's got stuff to do tomorrow and Lynn and Vickie are going back up to the Gaylord Thursday morning for one more day there. Here's a new one... A baby bear wandered across the front yard of our 2-doors-down neighbor this morning. He headed on up the street toward our house. Oh my!

Buy a nice Gaylord Rockies mug and free refills your entire stay.

An inside shot. Nana, Papa, and Matteo enjoyed this during
one of the 2-3pm action breaks at the pool for COVID cleaning.

Aunt Vickie, Jamie, and Lynn at the Club for dinner.
Jerked Chicken!

Earlier, Aunt Vickie did have some issues walking the dogs...
Watch out for bears!

Day 131

More fun and relaxation at the Gaylord Rockies Resort. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Aunt Vickie has the dogs under control.

That "race track" is the Lazy River.

Morning started slowly...

Our rooms as seen from our cabana.

Aunt Vickie got one done.

Can't even go to the bathroom in peace.

Wore them out. All three are in the pic!