Legos!

They opened a Legoland Discovery Center by us a few months ago, and it has been a highly anticipated trip since. As we know, Henry has quite the passion for Legos (in fact, before his birthday this year when I was pressing him to give gift suggestions OTHER than Legos to friends/family, he stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and dramatically proclaimed "But Mom, LEGOS ARE MY LIFE!" This weekend we finally had a chance to visit the Discovery Center for his friend Ryan's birthday party.

The excitement was underway even in the waiting area:

The kids started out in the party room where they all made some Lego dragons before cake and pizza:

Then they moved on to watch a short movie on how Legos are made, and practice making their own minifigures:

Then the kids were let loose into the insanity. There were a few small rides, a bunch of Lego building stations (where you could build and race your own car, build a skyscraper and test its strength on a vibrating board, etc), and of course Lego Boston:

Our wedding location built in Legos:

It was incredibly fun for Henry, so I'm sure we will be back soon!

Reading

Just sitting here in a box, reading...

Colorado

This year's Rohde/Powell/Cary family reunion was held in Breckenridge, Colorado. We had a great time, although Elliot did very poorly with the time change and was thus an exhausted mess the majority of the time. Breckenridge was beautiful - alas, we lost our camera battery charger in the move and our battery was almost kaput, so I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I would have liked...

The gondola we could take from the resort into town was a highlight for the kids. Henry and cousin Evan:

On a hike with all the cousins:

Out for donuts:

The water guns at the indoor pool were a big hit for Elliot:

Henry got to pan for gold, and go down the alpine slide and coaster multiple times:

It was a great trip. and so nice to get together with everyone!

First Day of Camp

Loaded with sunscreen and bug spray. A little nervous, but excited to be off to his first day at Camp Grossman!

....And a little hungry after camp:

Summer Days