Colorado Springs

Brian was in Colorado Springs (about an hour and a half south of Lafayette) for the past 2 weeks for a class.  The kids and I took a trip to see him over the weekend and had a great time!  We had a mini-vacation and did lots of fun touristy things!

Friday - we packed up after lunch on Friday and drove south to Colorado Springs. The kids were so excited to see daddy after being away from him all week!  We swam at the hotel pool and then drove to the Garden of the gods (or as Aliana named it:  The Garden of God :)

Saturday - today we drove to the little town of Manitou Springs.  We went to Cave of the Winds and went underground on a tour of the caves - it was so cool!  After the tour the kids used sluice boxes to find gems in a bag of sand and dirt.  We walked around the town and had lunch and had planned to swim at the pool again in the afternoon.  Since it was pouring rain, Brian and the kids ran around in their suits!

Sunday - for our last morning we drove to the TOP of Pike's Peak, 14,110 feet!!  It was quite the view from the top!  Colorado Springs is absolutely beautiful and we really enjoyed getting to see more of God's amazing creation!