Colorado Second Half

After visiting family in Denver, Hubby had to be at a conference in Colorado Springs so the boys and I were faced with filling a couple of days - not a difficult thing to do at all!

We visited Focus on the Family and used the Imagination Station (aka the elevator) to go to Odyssey. Wow! This is what we had been looking forward to and it did not disappoint. We played and played - that's me dressed up like "Connie". I even did the 76 ft. bendy slide. We recorded an episode of Adventures in Odyssey (that has played in our car several times already!) and ate at Whit's End. M says he wishes we could get this chocolate soda everywhere, it's the best!

I forced the boys to do a little shopping with me before we went to the Olympic Training Center. It was a really cool day to be there - exactly one year before London 2012! To celebrate they were passing out fish and chips (see the photo for full understanding). Besides the recording at Odyssey, this was the boys' favorite. L. was especially mesmerized by the wrestling and weight training gym.

Wed. night we were able to accompany Hubby with fellow conference attendees for a cowboy dinner and western music show. Before dinner we watched Indian dancers and the boys practiced their lasso skills. It was a wonderful evening.

The next morning the boys and I spent a couple of hours at the Air Force Academy before picking Hubby up to head home. Even if we weren't leaving on a "big" vacation, we could call our time in Colorado a wonderful vacation. Hubby and I want to go back - he has to experience the great things we did and we didn't even make it to all the wonderful outdoor things there! (Side note: with the exception of the Flying W Ranch for dinner - everything the boys and I did was free!)