We spent the first half of the week in Colorado Springs.
Midweek, we headed up to Loveland to stay with Auntie Car and Unkie Doo. We hadn’t been there since Aly was just a toddler, but we had a blast as we always did on previous visits.
After a great week in Colorado, I dropped the girls off at DEN and then picked up my friend Tom for our adventure at Great Sand Dunes National Park, which is coming up in the next post.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from March.
Always a hit with our kids (now just kid), Leah brought a friend to the elementary carnival at Black River. Leah even won one of the big door prizes in the raffle.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from February:
For the past few months, Leah has been on an Odyssey of the Mind team with some other kids from Black River. Their OotM team finished their season with a competition at Wayland High School in February, and they did a great job.
February featured another fun performance from the Black River choirs.
I got out to the dunes twice for sunset in February, even convincing Aly to come with me the second time.
Here are some of my favorite pictures I took in January:
Leah celebrated her 8th birthday with a party at BAM, with bowling, pizza, cupcakes, ice cream, presents, laser tag, and arcade time.
On her actual birthday, she celebrated at home with balloons and presents.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from December:
In search of dark skies, a couple of friends and I headed east from Colorado Springs in early December to a tiny little park called Paint Mines Interpretive Park, where we shot pictures of the distant windmills and the night sky. It was very cold, but lots of fun.
Here are some of my favorite pictures I took in November:
Here are some more favorites pictures from October that didn’t make it into other blog posts:
As has become tradition, Leah trick or treats for half the time, then we come home to hand out candy. We also got a quick trunk or treat in first, with a horse ride and s’mores!
This is a newer tradition, but it’s a great one. The Outdoor Discover Center is a fantastic asset just south of Holland, and they host a Halloween event every year. It was a blast!
