Fall Break... Colorado... Why Not?!

1st Stop (after Freddy's of course)  Colorado Visitor's Center.

After some serious mommy daddy discussion (aka getting really short with each other over finding a hotel) which happens EVERY SINGLE TIME, we stayed at the 1st hotel we had called, which was too expensive an hour and a half earlier, turned out to be PERFECT!

 

We packed every single second.

The girls awesomely woke up at 5:45 the first morning super excited.

 

Manitou Cliff Dwellings

Average visitor time at most an hour and a half...

3 hours later we were on to our next adventure!

 

This turned out to be the girls FAVoritE PaRT of the entire trip.  It was really fun.

Only 1 mishap... Livie had to be rescued from the Anasazi Balcony.  She's terrified of heights, and was certain the ladder, "WAS NOT STURDY ENOUGH TO HOLD HER!"

We did the Souvenir Penny Machines at each stop.

 

Cade's 2 month pictures look a little different this time! :)

I promise you he is the happiest baby, but all of his pictures look like this because well frankly his mommy is constantly forcing him to take ridiculous pictures!! :)

 

Next stop.... the train to Pike's Peak

 

Adorable!   And 5 minutes later... get him out he doesn't like it!!

What this picture doesn't show... we had to FORCE Livie to come out to take a picture because Everything was TOO HIGH, Claire is chanting, "FREEZING FREEZING FREEZING," and Cade is crying.  It was also really bright.

PS:  An hour into the Pikes Peak train ride, Jed said, "It's probably a good thing we didn't go to Albuquerque!"

And on the way down...

Next Day, The North Pole!

Where the rides are fun, and the workers legitimately hate their lives.

Seriously, they weren't very happy.

 

This was honestly the funniest ride I have ever seen! 

 Next Day... Garden of the Gods and Hiking

Cade is 2 Months Old!

Then on to the Dinosaur Museum and

Cripple Creak

 

This is how Claire fell asleep... that is a plastic snake in her mouth, and her shirt is pulled up being she was "HOT!"

 Hello Colorado!

We had a great family adventure.  We hope your Fall Break was Fantastic Too!