Well It was a whirlwind weekend starting on Friday morning and ending a couple of hours ago visiting in big 'D' with the grandbabies!! While Amber was visiting her dad for the weekend we did get to visit with her for a little while on friday afternoon, then it was non-stop visiting with Abby and baby Ally!! We started by abducting the two for a night at the new Holiday Inn Select not too far from Mom and Dad's house just in case they needed a 'mom or dad' check but it turned out they were really comfortable with Gramps and Gramma!

While is is quite a different experience having 'babies' around Gramma and myself seemed to provide everything they needed for an evening away for the parents so they could have a night out with Lucien and Martha playing darts in a 'blind draw' game where they made a little money and had a few laughs. They still checked in with the 'Old" people to make sure that the kiddo's were a o.k. but other that that things went according to plan.

With Miss Abby playing with her new Dora the explorer doll and just helping us out with baby Ally we had a very enjoyable night. It was quite a shock to the system getting up at various hours feeding the young one ( with Abby awake telling me the baby needed us) it turned out remarkably well.

The next day we went shopping for new shoes for Abby at JC Penneys (a mere 10-12 mile drive to find one in Denver) but we found one in the Aurora Mall and they just happened to have Dora the explorer tennis shoes ( this marketing plan is sure working for that brand ) plus they just happened to have Dora slippers so with those stashed in the stroller with baby Ally and carrying Abby with proceeded to go get a few items at the friendly Wal-Mart.. Boy is it a challenge to have 2 youngs ones doing what I am used to doing by myself but hey it was a success and we then delivered the "goods" to the parents house and then back to the hotel for a needed nap and a quick dip in the hot tub/swimming pool !!

Rejuvinated once again we went back to the house for a great meal of homemade chili and hotdogs but alas Gramps faded fast and we retreated to the hotel for an early night!! Gramma stayed up knitting but it sure didn't bother my sleep none!!

We returned home a while ago and we faced snow/rain in Denver then in Wyoming we faced snow and slick spots but it was uneventful none the less.

What a vacation weekend Kids so thanks for the hospitality and the great food. Hopefully we can get up there or vice-a-versa to see how big the kids get...