Colorado Visit

This past weekend we went to Colorado to spend the weekend with Andrew. He is on Fall Break at school, which lined up nicely with his birthday. We left Des Moines on Friday, picked up Andrew, and then went to Woodland Park, which is up the hill from Colorado Springs. We spent Saturday and Sunday exploring the area and then on Monday we drove Andrew back to school and headed home.

It was great to see Andrew again and get the gang back together. We all miss having him around.

Hanging out in Andrew’s dorm room.
Touring campus.
The girls and Reggie.
Dinner at In-N-Out
Garden of the Gods.
Climbing
Andrew worked hard to get to this spot.
Mari
Susan and Rob
Family, minus me.
Sunday – We drove up Pikes Peak
We didn’t take the cog railway, but it was cool.
Pikes Peak Visitor Center
Rose and Lucia on a hike.
Susan and Rob on a hike.
The kids, on a hike
Still on a hike
Family pic, with Pikes Peak in the background
Andrew’s birthday dinner at Casa Grande
Andrew’s birthday dessert at Casa Grande
Happy (almost) Birthday, Andrew!

Colorado Getaway

After dropping Andrew off at college, Susan and I got to spend a couple of days in Colorado. We moved to Idaho Springs and hike to St. Mary’s Glacier on Thursday and then Mt. Flora on Friday.

At St. Mary’s Glacier
The view from Mt. Flora.

Cincinnati Day 2

Today we went swimming again at Holly’s pool and then went to a very hot Reds game at night for Fireworks Friday.

Susan and Rachel
Rose, Leah, and Lucia
Holly, Des, and Alex
Rob, Susan, and I guess Jill
It was hot.

Cincinnati, Day 1

Yesterday we drove from St. Augustine to Cincinnati. Not much to say about the trip, except I had motion sickness and we had to stop in a Walmart parking lot in Knoxville, Tennessee, so I could rest for a bit and we could get some medicine.

Rose going off the diving board at Holly’s pool.

St. Augustine Day 3

Water Aerobics
Hope and Mari
Spikeball
Rob and Lucia and Dole Whip
Mari, Hope, and Jana at the ice cream parlor in St. Augustine
Andrew, Ian, and Cam
Mari, Hope, and Susan
Walking the streets of St. Augustine

St. Augustine Day 2

Susan, Mary, Judith, and Erin
Rose running into the ocean.
Lucia Boogie Boarding
It must have been cold for a second.
Jana, Mari, Hope, Rose, and Lucia