my favorite nephew

This post has been awhile in the making but I hadn’t gotten around to uploading the pics. They’ve yet to be edited but that’s not a priority at the moment. This has been an incredible year because we’ve been able to see our nephew, Ashton (AJ), three times! That’s like a record for us. We’re in the mountains of Colorado and they’re on the beached of Florida. Kinda crazy how different our lifestyles are!

As you might recall from a previous post, we made a late Spring trip down to Miami and had some serious family time not knowing when we’d see each other again. Every summer Ashton stays with my in laws in Missouri to get a taste of country life. It’s usually for a couple weeks but as he’s getting older (tear) he was able to stay for a month.

During that time, on a whim, they decided to drive out to us in Colorado so he could see us again and have some wilderness experiences. That kid is so spoiled! We packed everything we could into that impromptu visit. He got to see and touch snow for the first time. We rode the chairlifts, alpine slides, had snow ball fights…Then packed up to go camp and raft.

He declared he wasn’t going home and that if his parents really missed him, they’d need to come to Colorado to get him! He's such sweet, funny, talented kid. So glad we got to see him and share in those moments. Can’t wait to see him again!