Colorful Colorado

Before we move on to all things schooling (and maybe another surprise or two), I wanted to post a few more things from our trip.

The girls loved camping, even every night for 2 weeks. They never once complained, never once had trouble. I'll say it took Jeff and I a little more to get used to it, but we did, more or less - and I still lay down in bed here at home and think how luxuriously plush it is.

The first part our trip we spent visiting my bro and sis-in-law, who live in the foothills of Pike's Peak outside of Colorado Springs.

Wouldn't you like to go outside and get your newspaper every morning to this view? You CAN! They want to sell their house!


(Oh, if you do want to buy a 1920's cabin in the Colorado mountains, don't look at the next picture.)

(No, wait - they're doing the work so you don't have to! see?!)

That's my bro (back) and dad (on porch) painting windows to prep for new storm windows (See? new storm windows! it gets better and better!)

Look at how neat the upstairs is! Look at that fireplace! Look at us play rockband!


Little G's so cute - she was our "no-fail" setting drummer. We'd set her on easy mode and call out the color drum she was supposed to hit.


Kaatje's a rocking singer. She can do medium level skills and still get in the 80% range at the least, on the easier songs (reminder that aside from Weezer, she doesn't know any of the songs). Awwww....

Speaking of mad skillz (how did I sink to this?) we went out the Saturday we were in the Springs to see these guys. They were incredible. (The food was good, too!)


Little G had so much fun with her crazy uncle (don't worry, crazy runs in the family, it's okay).


We had a lot of fun starting our trip with family. And really, that's the way to do it - we've done it ending with family, and that's a lot harder. Everyone's tired and the littlest one is ready to be finished - not the time to visit relatives.



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As we've been home a week, and what a nice, cozy, relaxed week we've had, we more and more realize what a wonderful time we had. You know, you're in the middle of the swirl of chaos of travel (did little G's monkey come back from the bathroom? did K leave her jacket at the ranger talk?) and as lovely as it is, you're the adult (when did that happen?) and you have all those responsibility-things to take care of. But now that we're back (with both monkey and jacket and not losing or breaking a single thing) we look back. And get to enjoy it all again.