Wagons West

Despite life being very far from where we thought it would be, we have had another trip planned for a while now (shocker). And thus, this past Wednesday night, we saddled up, jumped on a plane, and headed westward for the far away land known as "Colorado".

We saw Kubiks:

Lauren Kubik is a cute ball of energy, whose command of the word "Actually" is impressive and pervasive throughout her speech. Most sentences (especially after you give her a command) begin with, "Actually...[insert rationale for why she doesn't want to do whatever you just told her to]". She is also a connoisseur of shoes and the color pink. And she was kind enough to let Jeff have one of her fudge pops for breakfast after insisting for a while that "Boys aren't allowed to have popsicles". And she was kind enough to read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" to Emerson. The cuteness factor was very very high.

Dave and Kate were kind enough to let us invade for a few days and get a glimpse into their lives. Colorado seems to fit them well. And at the very least, it's hard to argue against the weather. Sign me up.

We saw Kelly & Brandon:

We drove down to Colorado Springs to enjoy the day and visit Jeff's sister, Kelly, and her boyfriend Brandon. We enjoyed a drive through the mountains, a couple McDonald's ice cream cones, a walk through the Garden of the Gods, some picturesque views of Pike's Peak, and a drive around the Broadmoor Resort. The night was celebrated like true Europeans (no, we didn't partake in any "free" health care), as we enjoyed a home-cooked meal with Kelly and Brandon around 10:30pm.

After eating some leftover kabobs for breakfast, we said goodbye, saddled up, and headed back north to Denver to see...

Song & Peter Gedney:

Song is a long-time friend of Allison, hailing back to her undergrad days at CU Boulder. We got to see their new car, new house, new baby stuff, and let Allison google over their pending arrival, Baby Angus, any day now. It's been a mellow stay, where we've gotten to give them a glimpse of how headstrong 3.5 month old babies can be (thanks, Emerson), enjoy a game night (how did Allison win twice at Ticket To Ride? Does this mean the Cubs do have a chance this year after all?), cook some awesome blue cheese burgers, and enjoy a lot of hanging out. The mellow life isn't a bad one, even if we aren't always very good at it.

Tomorrow we are homeward bound, back to reality. We are blessed to have spent the time out here, and hope to make it a more regular occurrence.