Morton Madness

We were not in a hurry to hit the road, we did not want to have to set an alarm or have to sit in Denver traffic.  We hit the road at 9:00 and grabbed some breakfast on the way out of town.   When we got to CO Springs more fires had broken out and we could see them right off the road.  The smoke was horrible and the smell was strong. We only made three stops and made it home in 14 hours.  Justin had a 5 hour energy about 8:00pm followed up by a Mountain Dew.  We made it all the way to Amarillo before someone asked if we were almost home!  Sophia took her seatbelt off a few times but other than that they were all GREAT on the way home.   Apparently we got out of town at the right time because the fires got a lot worse and they closed South I25 for evacuees. Sophia had an hour nap and the boys never fell asleep.  FINALLY at 10:30pm they all sacked out except for Jonah.  Finally at 11:30 I told him to close his eyes.  We pulle...

This morning we got up and headed up to Estes Park.  It is about an hour drive from Brian and Daph's house.  We packed a lunch and had a picnic once we got up there.  Of course I had to feed The Hulk so everyone else went to find a place to hang out.  We could not go where we went last time because of the road construction.  The kids loved playing in the stream even though the water was about 40 degrees.  Sophia was not really enjoying it so I took her and Seth back to the car and watched from there.   The kids had pretend islands and were throwing rocks and having a great time.   After we headed home we headed to Hooters for dinner.  They had NO idea what was about to hit them :)   The joy of trying to get a kid shot took about 30 of these and nothin... Feeding The Hulk We could not get a hat to stay on Seth so we covered him with a blanket.  classic Luke pose ...

The guys took the older kids white water rafting. They all said that they had a blast and it was awesome!   Before they left for rafting.  Not sure who the thug in the front is. waiting on the guides to return

I honestly do not even know who I am anymore!  I, Alison Sherpy Morton took my THREE month old to his first Brew Fest!  I am documenting this so that I have proof in the future that he was able to "do stuff"!  Do not worry, there were a TON of other babies and kids there too.  It must be a CO thaaaaang!   I am not going to lie, it was hotter than a whore in Sunday School!  It was 100 degrees that day in Ft.  Collins and they were on their "record" of FOUR 100 degree days in a row.  ooooohhhhhh four days.    Kylie came and watched the six older kids and we took Seth and Kellen with us because it is normal to take your THREE month old to a Brew Fest AND sit in the 100 degree heat right?  Luckily there was a ton of shade so it was not that bad.  Yes, you read that right... not "that" bad.  Do not get me wrong, it was H O T.   Once we got there we parked, loaded up the kids and started to walk to the end of t...