Happy Father's Day

We arrived home from vacation on Friday, June 15th the weekend of  Father's Day.  Jenn decided early on that we should have a Father's Day brunch on Saturday the day before Father's Day to celebrate all the Leatherow men in our lives.  Us ladies are truly thankful for the men in our lives and we feel blessed every day to be on their sides.  We met at Josh and Jenns on Saturday morning and enjoyed a feast and eachother's company.

This is the Leatherow clan ~ minus a few adults but lets be honest, aren't the kids so much cuter?  Love this family and am 100% complete when I am around them all.  I feel so blessed to surrounded by people who are continually making me smile and make me proud to be a Leatherow.  a new annual tradition?  I sure hope so....hint, hint.

and just like that vacation is over

After spending 6 wonderful days in Steamboat, the time has finally come to watch the condos fade in the rearview mirror.  So many memories on this vacation.  I can't thank everyone enough for making it great.  I realized that Tom and I didn't get in the pool once but we enjoyed the relaxation of the hot tub almost nightly and this was the first year that Weston joined the adults.  OMGosh!  This was also the first vacation that the boys left to go out on their own.  OMGOSH!  This was the first vacation that Tom and I sat in the backseat and just enjoyed the ride.  OMGOSH!  So many firsts and so many more memories.  I saw a quote yesterday and absolutely love it: "To be in your children's memories tomorrow you must be in their lives today"  I pray that my boys love making the memories with their old ma and pa as much as we love making them with them.

Until next time!

lazy day before heading for home

For our last day in Steamboat, we were ....well in one word LAZY.  It is always nice to just take some time and relax and mentally prepare yourself for the drive back to reality.  We decided to hit the natural hot springs pool.  Weston didn't want to join us so he once again took off on the mountain bike.

The day was overcast and was just perfect for swimming in the warm pools. I think the clouds kept the crowds away which was A-OK with me.  When we weren't relaxin in the pool we were doing what we do best...chillin'

During the day Logan and Colton met up with some cute girls and immediately called Wes and told him to ride the bike to the pool.  Girls?  What?  Yep, even on vacation my boys are on the look out.  It was fun to watch them from afar work their magic.  :)

One more quick pose before we head back to the condo.  I love each and every one of these boys!  It is awesome that they are cousins and the best of friends all rolled into one. 

One more quick memory of the last day in CO:

Tom told Wes that if he could get a date he would give him $20 ~ is that a challenge?  Who ever knew of a 17 year old to back down from a challenge.  So yep you guessed it Wes and Logan got dates for our last night in CO.  I don't know if it was actually a date....they met up with some local kids, went on an evening hike and came back.  But wow what a memory.

however, one of the girls took a liking to Wes a bit much and even told him she was planning a trip to Ogden to visit......SCARY.  He fixed that one real quick.   :)

Yep, we are still in CO and loving it!

Day 5 took us once again to the hills above Steamboat to enjoy the outdoors and some extreme riding.  Once again I won't take up much time talking about the photos ~ just know this is where our family feels the most at home, this is were we have some great bonding time, this is where you separate the amature riders from the Leatherows.  :0)  Maybe that was a bit of a stretch but we really do LOVE riding and the closeness we all feel.

Remember from my previous post that the riding season was still about a week out so this one of the several stops to clear fallen trees from the trails.

Lunch along the trail is always fun.  Lots of laughs, lots of dirty faces and just the look of pure relaxation everywhere.   Stopping to make sure we are still heading in the right direction.  Sometimes I must admit I was certain we were lost.  But the men always found the way.

Pictures of the scenery that we were lucky enough to take just don't cut it.  This was seriously some beautiful country.  Even the teenagers in the group stopped to take photos of our surroundings.  They too were in utter awe of the scenery.

Were ever there was water there was a photo opp......  enough said.

 Get Ready....

Weston

 Colton

 Garett

 Colton

 Logan

 Garett

 Kegan

 Tom and I

 Dale and Eileen

And one point of our ride we literally reached the end of the road...

Yep, we just went around....not to worry it was clearly marked to show us the way.  Again, water = photo opp

This wraps up our riding in Steamboat Springs.  We truly loved the riding trails, the new challenges they presented to all of us as riders.  We loved the time spent out of cell phone range, no i pods just us as a family.  Truly this is what family vacations are all about.

Later that evening we cleaned up and headed out to dinner.  It was great to enjoy each others company and enjoy of great food as well.  I just loved listening to the chatter of the boys as they recounted the days riding and even made some plans for the evening.  Weston drove them to a nearby pond for some evening fishing.

and day 5 is a wrap!