Family Time in Steamboat

We headed up to Steamboat this weekend for some good old fashioned family fun!

Packed in tight for the 3 and a half hour drive

Sitting at the new table that Grammy got for the kids

Heading down to the barn to ride the horses

Ashton and Cate riding Hawk Eye

Ashton helped Grammy build a rock wall around the flag pole

Start of another day:

We decided to have a family party and first we posed for some fun pictures with Grammy and Grandpa Rlowe's stagecoach

What a stud!

Grammy

After picture time we let the fun begin:

filling up water balloons with Aunt Steph's friends Jarrod and Hannah

I think that Ashton is getting too big for this trike

Playing horseshoes with Grandpa Rlowe

Cate and Ashton blew bubbles while the grown ups played horse shoes

Aunt Steph and Uncle Q

Ashton decided to be a lion hiding in the grass

Next it was time for the water balloons.  We started out aiming for the target from the upper deck.  Before you know it Eric became the human target.

Eric decided to teach Cate how to jump rope.  I think that the jump rope is a bit short for him.

Hanging out on the deck

Before we left this morning Cate and Ashton helped with the chores down at the barn