Road Trip

Over spring break we drove to Denver to visit Bryon's brother, Brad, and his family. Brad and Robin just had a baby boy in February and we were so excited to meet little Anderson! Rylan loves his new cousin and Bryon and I are so happy to have a new nephew!

Rylan and Anderson
Do you see any resemblance?

Brothers with their boys

Fifteen hours to Denver (one-way) made for a long trip! Rylan has always been a good traveler but had never been in the car for more than five hours. This was quite the test! We had fully anticipated stopping to buy a portable DVD player for Rylan on our way, but believe it or not, we didn't need one!!! Rylan hardly fussed the entire trip. I am so proud of him! He kept himself entertained by looking at books, coloring, looking for cows, trucks and buses, and enjoying an occasional Junior Frosty from Wendy's. Rylan loves trucks and buses and pointed out every single one he saw...I think we heard him say "truck" and "bus" at least a couple hundred times along the way.

While Bryon and Brad were skiing, Robin and I took the boys to a kids play area called Monkey Business. They have all kinds of fun toys, equipment and bouncy things for kids. Rylan loved it! He was all over the place. He accidentally got bumped by some bigger kids a couple of times, but that didn't stop him. He's a very adventurous little boy!

"Look Mama! I climbed up here all by myself!"

While in Denver, we also spent a day at the zoo. It was so fun to show Rylan all the animals we've read about. Here's Rylan and Daddy by the giraffe exhibit.

Rylan enjoyed visiting the monkeys the best, probably because he's quite the little monkey himself. He kept making monkey noises like he was talking to them.

Another highlight was the seal exhibit. They must have liked Rylan because they kept swimming back and forth in front of him.


We encountered some treacherous weather on our trip. The worst part was in Wyoming, especially since 99% of the traffic was semi-trucks and those truck drivers drive like maniacs. We saw many slide offs. I kept visualizing us getting t-boned by a semi-truck...not a pleasant thought. The mommy in me has caused me to be a little more paranoid than usual.

Rylan was very thankful when we stopped at rest areas to stretch our legs. He really likes rocks and thought these giant ones were pretty cool.

Thanks for your hospitality, Brad and Robin. We had such a fun time with you and Anderson!