During the late summer, the three of us took a family vacation, just us, up to the mountains. It was low key and easy, but really just perfect. It was great to get away as a family, spend time together, eat out at a few restaurants, see some pretty scenery, and walk around and play. Carson loved it, for sure, and he did great. It was a great getaway for all of us. Here’s our pictures, just a big bunch of them. Enjoy!
If you can’t tell, we’ve been really into free food lately. A few weeks ago (or wait, is it months now? Yes, definitely months; this was pre-pregnancy; I’m a little behind on posting) we dressed up as cow’s for Chick-fil-A’s cow appreciation day and got free Chick-fil-A! Pretty much the best possible food to be had (especially for free!) on the planet. Carson slept through the whole thing, but Josh and I sure loved it. :) (Also, Josh is mooing in all his pictures.)
If you noticed we were pretty classy cows, we went to my cousin Hillary’s wedding reception right after. It was a beautiful reception and we’re so glad to have Braxton in the family! Plus we got the only other free food that can compare with free Chick-fil-A at the reception: free Coldstone ice cream. Yep, we were pretty stuffed by the time the night was over. Do you ever wish you were a bear and could eat tons of delicious food at once, like before hibernation, and then just be good for a day or two? That night I sure did.
A few weeks ago my (Paige’s) family came to Colorado to visit. A few days after they left, Josh, Carson, and I headed to Utah to celebrate my cousin Hillary’s wedding. It was great to see the Ellsworths in Denver and show them our house, and we had fun in Utah, too. It was awesome seeing so many of my cousins that I haven’t seen in forever. It was a crazy busy weekend, but we had a lot of fun. (Many thanks to my mom for all of the good pictures that you see.)
In this post I talked about our trip to Texas, when Josh went to Dallas for two weeks to train for his new job and Carson and I went to Houston to stay with my family. It was a great trip (and the best part was the weekend when Josh and I got to be together), and I just wanted to post these few pictures.
My mom got this baby pool before we came, and Carson really liked swimming in it. We probably swam almost every day we were there. Carson does like the water.
Carson liked swinging in this baby swing in the backyard, too.
And just some general Carson cuteness.
Remember I talked about how we went to the beach? This is his post-beach hair. :)
And finally, a precious mother/son moment. Cuddly moments like this with Carson are rare, and they usually don’t last more than about 15 seconds. But it’s sure nice when he does cuddle for a bit. :)
