Memorial Weekend in Grand Junction

We traveled to Grand Junction for Memorial weekend to visit with Grandpa and Grandma Dunsmoor.  We made it to Casper and stayed with G.G. for the night before heading to Grand Junction on Friday.  It was a long drive, but the kids did really well.  Thank heavens for portable DVD players, I don't know how my parents did it without one.  We traveled all the time when I was young. 
We took the kids to the Botanical Gardens on Saturday and enjoyed the butterflys and warm weather.  The weather was a nice change to the dreary rain we were getting at home.  A little side note, all-in-all I think Gillette got something like 7 inches of rain in the month of May which is 2 more inches than last year.  For the most part we just hung out and enjoyed each other's company.

Kaitlyn and Grandpa looking for the fish in the pond.

Keith and Daddy under the umbrella looking tree.

Look at the green bananas!

Zebra butterfly, one of the many.

They had so many beautiful orchids, these ones smelled like a creamsicle.

Looking at the toad on the rock.  Keith later got down to look at him and the toad hopped toward him scaring Keith half to death.

Keith, Daddy, and Grandpa out by the pond filled with water lillies and frogs.

 Crazy story while we were outside looking at the outer gardens at the Botanical Gardens:  We were heading back to the building after looking at the heritage garden, going back the way we came, suddenly you hear this loud bzzzzz sound.  Turning around there were hundreds of bees coming straight at us and zooming right by.  It was scary and awesome at the same time.  They were going somewhere and fast.  They weren't even concerned about us, they just flew right on by dodging heads and anything else they came across.  They only thing we could think was a queen was relocating and the hive was following.  I never want to be in the middle of something like that again! 

Grandma unfortunately had to work the whole time we were there, but we made the most of the time she was home, with painting and mouse hunting, a game on the computer. 

Monday we made the long drive home, it was a short trip, but it was nice to get out of town for a while.  The weather made it all worth it.  Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for letting us stay with you for a few days.