Grandparents

 One thing we know for sure, these kids love their grandparents (both sets).  This summer Meg has been taking the kids up to Estes regularly, and let's just say they have gotten quite comfortable up there, especially Dempsey!  On at least 3 'quick overnight' trips up there, Meg has come home without Dempsey because she wanted to stay up there by herself and soak up those grandparents.  It makes me very proud and happy that my kids feel so comfortable with our family members.  It's a true win/win/win for all involved, including the boys who have been fun to hang out with without Dempsey sometimes.  Also, there was a HUGE reduction in the amount of bickering since most of that is due to Dempsey/Ryker.  This last time, Meg took her up to do the Gem Lake hike (she'll cover that in another post), and then came back without her.  She was up there for an entire week until I finally saw her again!  I missed her!  It sure felt good to see her when I had lunch with them all yesterday up in Loveland for the handoff between Mark and Adella and John and Barb.  She was like velcro on me the whole time, and clearly wanted to be around me.  I guess she DOES still like me ;).  It probably helped that Meg and Kevin did not come up since she was working.  Usually when Kevin is around, the attention I get from Dempsey drops to zero (which is totally understandable!).  She'll come back around to me eventually.