It was a beautiful, secluded mountain school... with absolutely no cell phone reception! Zero.
I think I'm addicted to talking to my husband and checking on my kids. Luckily, Lauren kept me completely entertained!
We went on a short hike.
The fall colors were breathtaking! So vibrant!
I loved hiking with Lauren. She is always so happy and so silly!! She loves to pose for the camera and doesn't even realize how often she just starts singing! She is 100 percent girl!
Halfway through the first day, I started to worry that me being there was holding Lauren back from spending time with and making new friends. She was so sweet and always wanted to stay right with me. I know she loves to spend time with me, but I think she was also aware that I didn't know anybody else there. I decided that I needed to make some friends of my own to make Lauren feel better about branching out.
Believe it or not, I'm actually kind of shy. I'm always quieter in large groups. I love big groups, but you'll usually find me quietly smiling and nodding. I don't know if that's because I'm such a people watcher or if it's because I don't like to be the center of attention. I'm comfortable in my own skin, but I don't think I'm awesome or anything. I'm just me. I also have always been fine to just be on my own. But, I knew Lauren would be more comfortable hanging out with her friends if she saw me being social too. So, I made a point of chatting with the other moms that were there.
This is Tamra and her daughter Gemma. I met Tamra on the bus on the way to Clear Creek. She happened to be in our hiking group and ended up being my favorite person I met while we were there! I love how everyone has such an interesting life story.
The goal here was to get everyone onto the balancing platform without any of the edges touching the ground.
At another station they had to walk along a wire course, using a rope hanging from a higher wire. They couldn't reach the rope without the person before them swinging each rope back as they got as far as they could with it.
At one point on the course they had to swing to the next wire.
Lauren had lots of practice with her monkey skills at the next course!. They were again divided into smaller groups. Each group had a turn trying to get their entire group onto one small platform without touching the ground. It took some problem solving skills. After several attempts, they learned that they couldn't leave their smallest people on the log until the end because they wouldn't be able to reach the rope without touching the ground. They also needed strong people to across first to help catch their teammates. After they got it all figured out, the mom got to join in to see if everyone could fit with 2 grown ups! It was really fun!
I loved being able to spend time Lauren and get to know her friends and teacher. This is Kenzie. Lauren had an assignment to write about her hero on her first week at school. She wrote about Kenzie because she was so nice to Lauren and showed her around and introduced her to new friends when she didn't know anyone at the school.
My Lulu.
We had a great couple of days together, but I think I'll be okay if I don't ever ride another school bus again!
I have to share a Lauren quote since I'm talking about her anyway. First, let me say that Lauren is a straight A student.
We were driving down the road a few weeks ago and passed a ranch. Lauren saw a white horse and shouted, "Hey!! Is that a Unicorn?!" We all cracked up laughing and Jessica explained that unicorns aren't real.
Last night we went to a Live Nativity. They had people dressed up everywhere. I'll post on it when I get caught up, but it was a really cool event. A man dressed up as a Roman Soldier rode by on a horse as we were making our way up the hill to see "baby Jesus". Lauren leaned in to our group and said, "Is that a real Roman Soldier?"
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