Quick Stop in Broomfield

After we finished viewing the four temples that morning, we turned the car east and headed for Colorado, as the first leg of our journey home.  We got a late start after the two hours it took us to see the temples, plus construction and traffic meant we didn't get in until much later than planned on Thursday evening.  But we made it!

And since we only had one day in Broomfield, we set out to enjoy it!  And to be outside as much as possible!

Candace came by with her three kids so we could have a quick visit - yay!

We only had a few hours with them, so we made the most of them (including lunch from Cafe Rio, which I made it the whole time in Provo without going to once.)  

Does that look like paradise or what???  Look how green it is!  And not one single fire ant in sight!

The kids even ate lunch outside!

Although they did their best to find shade to eat in ;)

The fun must have been to much for Halle, because this is how I found her shortly thereafter:

While the other kids finished up their playing!

She soon rejoined us - didn't want to miss out on the fun!

After they left, we went with Grandma and Uncle Evan to visit Natasha and see all her animals, including a new bunny (who was not as evil as he looks).

Halle and Eve loved touching the cats, ferrets, and rabbit, and watching the turtle....

...but Abigail did not!  I guess animals really can sense fear cause this little guy kept getting close to her and she'd let out a scream!  (She had a bad experience getting hit in the face by the tail of a friendly dog of a nice family here in our Lubbock ward and since then is scared to death of all animals.  I bet it'll wear off....)

Natasha took us to the park near her house and sugared the girls up with kool-aid and donuts!  Delicious!

Once we were back at Grandpa and Grandma's, it was back outside!

And that's basically how we spent our Broomfield day!  I didn't take any pictures, but we had homemade pizza and homemade ice cream that night - the perfect way to end the day!

The girls needed a few minutes to color on the chalkboard before we had to leave on Saturday morning:

And suddenly it was time to say our goodbyes :(

We were sad to go, but anxious to get home to Daddy!  One more day in the - we can totally do this!

No crankies that a little McDonalds can't help to ease:

The girls were mostly good in the car and after a very eventful two weeks, we made it safely home late that evening.  Tired, but happy, and very, very, very glad to see Dad again!  Although Abigail was shy around him for the first little bit and would cry and try to get back to me when he held her.  That was gone by Sunday morning and we were back into the swing of our new life in Lubbock!