Voss/DuRoss

Team Voss came to visit Team DuRoss for a two week Park City adventure.  Ruby and Owen loved having their big cousins and Aunt Tina around to play, read, and join us for a lot of mini trips.  We started on the first day with a hike in the backyard (pictured above).  Ruby created a map before we left that she is proudly showing the camera above.  We painted with watercolors in the woods- what better inspiration for beautiful artwork than the great out doors!

 

Snack time!

We got everyone in! 

  

So many outings!  Lets see- one of our favorites, a bike ride into Park City and up the "big hill" to the Java Cow where Ruby and Owen love to get cow cookies (we usually share one and they like to stake which body parts they are going to eat far in advance...but this was a special occasion), and there were lots of other treats to be explored in our several trips there.  Monkey Mt, of course, and swim lessons!

 

We all got out to go camping for a couple days at Smith and Morehouse.  This was Evan's first time camping and not something Tina guessed she would have been a fan of.  However, by the end, we were planning how many and what size tents they should get so that they could do this at home.  This is one of the things I loved about this visit.  Team Voss threw themselves into whatever it was that we came up with-present and engaged. :)

 

A-dorable.  Can we photoshop John in for the Christmas photo?

 

 

It is impossible to get us all looking, so three out of four smiles aint bad.

All in again- we are getting pretty good at the selfies.

This was a disaster gone brilliant.  I forgot to get the chocolate for smores....I know, not like me.  However, in the meantime we had acquired an addiction to pretzels and Nutella earlier in the vacation.  Evan quickly told us to stop fretting about not having chocolate, that we could use Nutella instead.  I think we were all converts.  Great thinking, Evan!

Endless good group shots. :) All DuRoss/Voss cousins here.

 

 

Fire was a big deal. Had one going almost the entire time we were there.  We got poured on (luckily tents were already set up), hiked in a thunder and lightning storm, and rowed the boat around

Okay, we made it home.  Now, off to the zoo!

 

 ...and the lake.  Chip and the kids got busy on a really cool mud/sand castle while Tina and I swam a lap to the buoy and back (well, she did lots of laps and I did one, but who is counting?) 

 

City time- Farmer's Market and then to Gateway for Hawaiian Ice and play time in the water fountain there.

 

Check out the size of these! That would explain the photos below- some of my favorites.  Gotta love those two. :)

 

 

Aunt Mindy arrived just in time for another ride into Park City for the Park Silly Market. 

 

The girls.

 

Aunt Mindy was recently in Hawaii and brought Ruby and Owen adorable souvenirs.  I wish they made this dress in adult size.  And, Owen was sporting the very cute surfboard shirt and short combo in the above pictures.  Thanks, Mindy!

We hit the splash pad a few times, this time with Mindy.  Ruby and Owen love it...and playing soccer in the field afterwards to warm up!

Ruby's signature break dancing move.  Owen does it too actually.  Hilarious.

 

Soccer turned into a dance and workout session.

For Evan and Madeleine's birthdays we treated them to a handful of rides at the Park City summer setup.  They did the zip line, the alpine slide, and the alpine rollercoaster. whoohoo!

More randomness- Evan and Madeleine (Evan especially) got addicted to riding downhill on the roads in our neighborhood.  In fairness, he did also ride on the trail up and down a few times with Chip (and Mindy).  Tina's favorite discovery of the trip were the cookies at the Ruby Snap.  They were divine...and they have a cookie named after me so, that is pretty cool.

Madeleine did Ruby's hair almost every day- she loved it.  And, Madeleine also figured out how to do a hair-wrap on her own, and did one for Ruby and Aunt Mindy. Nice work, Madeleine!

 

Thanks to Tina, Evan, and Madeleine for taking all that time out of their busy summers to come hang out with us, do life, and create some awesome memories.  We love you SO much!