Colorado Picture Post

The campground wifi was working well this afternoon, so here is a pic overload.

This morning Jeremy and I were going to go on a hot air balloon ride. We won it at a fundraiser auction over a year ago and wanted to go for our anniversary last year, but they wouldn't let us since I was pregnant. When this trip got planned, we thought it would be cool to go in Colorado (it's a nationwide company) since that would be so much more beautiful than Illinois. We were all set to go, but at 4:30am, they canceled for rain. :( My mom said she could still watch the kids tomorrow, so we rescheduled and we're hoping for the best.

So instead of that, we spent a couple hours at the North Pole amusement park. That was awesome for Ian. They had all the cool kiddie rides-carousels, trucks & boats that go around in a circle, a train, a big slide, a sky ride, a magic show, a little roller coaster-Ian loved all of it. Rinnah was even able to do some things there. She loved when the magician made the birds appear! And there were lots of animals (reindeer, llamas, deer, etc) throughout the park too. The best part was that it was small enough that there was always another ride right around the corner and there were no long lines to wait in.

Jeremy & Ian coming down the big slide

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Ian on a plane ride

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Ian and I on the sky ride

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Jeremy & Rinnah on the train

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Jeremy & Ian on one of the up & down rides

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Rinnah & Jeremy on the carousel

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We had a wonderful time, and Ian thoroughly enjoyed himself. We stayed until 1pm, which is pretty late for the kids having not had lunch or a nap. They were real troopers for that. After naps, we had dinner outside with my mom & brothers. Then we went and played another round of free minigolf here at the campground. Ian gets so excited he can't stand still when we tell him we can go play golf. It's so adorable!

Here are some pictures from yesterday's hike by the waterfall:

Ian and Uncle Mike on the upper side of the bridge at the top of the big falls

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Ian and Uncle Mike watching the water much higher up the mountain

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One of the many beautiful views

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The kids and I at one of the overlooks

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The main falls at Helen Hunt falls

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The kids and I at the base of the falls

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Ian and I on the Pike's Peak Cog Railway

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Jeremy & Rinnah on the Cog Railway

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It almost looks like we were on a plane!

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Our family at the summit-over 14,000 feet up!

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View from the summit

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