Loveland, Colorado

Friday morning (3 am) we pulled up to Dylan's Aunt's house in Loveland, Colorado. We were greeted by his cousin, Cody, who showed us to our room. A big, 3 bed camper. It was extremely comfortable, actually :) We all slept very late, waking up around 12. There were breakfast burritos our by the creek, yum! Oh yes, there is a creek. One of the most amazing things about the house (Besides the wonderful hosts of course) is the back yard. There are a multitude of chickens, three geese, and two ducks, in addition to three beautiful dogs. There is a small creek running around the outer edge. Two bridges, and a small dock, finish the scene :) After breakfast, Paul went to the camper for a much needed (long) nap. Dylan, Cody and I changed into our trunks. Cody got out a large banner, and unrolled it on the grass, into the creek. We had our very own slip and slide! The water was cold, but refreshing. Eventually, we ended up throwing mud balls at each other. Which turned into war paint. Did I mention Cody was 24? Ha ha ha. It was a great time. Dinner rolled around, BBQ chicken, and Paul finally woke up :)  Then, it was Farkle (or Zilch, for you Grandma) until three in the morning :)



The next day, we took the boat out on the lake for some amazing lake tubing! Paul and Dylan went first, and of course, Dylan was the first one in ;) after the two of them, Cody and I went and set the record for the longest run without wiping out :) We pulled up on shore, and spent a couple hours on the beach, skipping rocks. When we went out on the boat, all of us tried (but failed) knee boarding, and Dylan and I tried wake boarding, to no avail. We finished with a couple more rounds on the tube :) All of us got sunburned a good amount ^_^

The next day we did our laundry and watched some movies. The church we were going to go to wasn't there.? Apparently it was an un-updated website and the church had already closed. So we read our bibles :) Spaghetti for dinner, and more Farkle :) Paul won 5 rounds, Cody won 5, Dylan won 6, and I wan 4 :)

Monday morning: Pancakes and Sausage, and Packing :) Off to Colorado Springs for church camp!

Much thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Ortega, for being such a welcoming presence and taking such good care of us :)