Our family was hankering for a vacation since we didn't take a big one this summer due to the move. We decided to take a trip to Colorado Springs over the three day weekend and had a wonderful time -- wish we could have stayed longer! We visited the B 52 at the Air Force Academy and later the children said they wished they had spent more time there. It was when we got out of the van there we realized Danny hadn't put shoes on at home. So before eating dinner we bought $5 shoes at Wal-Mart and some Skylander socks... Danny was thrilled and will actually wear socks again without me begging. lol. He seemed to have a 24 hour stomach bug which luckily no one else in the family got but it led to a whole lot of puke clean up on Dan's part while I drove the car. I have a wonderful husband!
On Columbus Day we enjoyed visiting the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo -- the main reason we picked CO Springs. It's a great little zoo and so clever as to how it was built. Of course feeding the giraffes is the best part. When I told the woman at the window I wanted to spend the entire $10 on lettuce leaves she was surprised until I told her I had 4 children. lol. I loved their different reactions. Kaelah had the "this is gross but cool" attitude. Danny: "scary but fun." Michelle: "woah! he stole the whole thing from me!" and Natalie: "what are we doing?"
Silly faces!
Group picture a kind mom offered to take for us. The children really enjoyed the "big backyard" portion this time. We hadn't had enough time to see it our first trip.
I love the picture of Kaelah laughing with her dad on the carrousel. She has the best laugh in the whole world.
On the way home we visited the Denver temple. It had gotten pretty chilly, so hence the huddling. And we just had to eat dinner at IKEA before heading north. The children love the play place and Natalie seemed to enjoy her first trip as well. Dan and I bought awesome stuff like mixing bowls with pour spouts & handles, another pot (which we needed when we had the C. & R. families over for dinner last night -- we used every pot we owned), and Christmas ornaments (among other things) for the baby blue spruce we have in our side yard now. The kids are so excited to have an outdoor Christmas tree every year. Me too. That's why I insisted on a spruce tree right there.
We just love to travel together. When people talk about dreams and desires, for Dan and I, it seems to be going places. We've decided to be crazy and take these guys to Disney World in January. More on that to come. And yes, we said we would wait 4 years to go again and it's only been two. I know.
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