Yikes! And More!

Ok. So just got a counter on a house we bid on. Yippee!!  We are still a little hmmm on it though.  Ok, my husband more so than I.  It's a bit further out from his work than he'd like but I love the house.  I'll keep you posted.

Anyways, onward to more photos.

After Kansas City we hit Colorado where much of my family lives.  Don't let the surroundings fool you, there's mountains in this state (somewhere).

My friend has an adorable little one and I caught this photo of him looking at my husband.

Then we went to the fair.  Like you do.  So we saw cows:

Sheep who make lovely faces:

And a historic wooden carousel from the early 20th Century.  For twenty-five cents we all took a ride (except my husband who snapped photos).

As we drove West we saw a cool rain storm and could just barely see the mountains in the distance.

A few days later my mom and her husband took us to a Rockies game at Coors Field. 

From the stadium there are cool views of the city.  Can you pick out my favorite building (looks like a cash register)?

I like that it tells you where the Mile marker is: One mile high

Of course, the Rockies won:

Ok. Since I forgot to post these, I'll do it now.  I went to Colorado back in June when my sister and nephew were also there from Alaska.  My nephew has gotten so big!  I was teaching him how to jump:

We all took a little trip up to Estes Park for the day and driving up I saw these guys on the side of the road:

Here's just a few photos of the town:

Ok.  Enough for now. Got to finish up some stuff.  I'll be back posting about my Alaska trip.  Bye!

Blast to My Past

My brother recently found some old photos of ours family's and scanned and sent them to me. Ahhh..the good old days.

Here's one of my dad walking down the road near our house. We lived outside city limits so the streets are unpaved.



This is the cute house we lived in while in Alaska. The entire inside was all wood and I loved it. The gazebo outside caused a friend's kid to call it "Amanda's Castle". How cute!

When we moved back to Colorado my mom, brother, and I went on an old family favorite cross-country skiing trip to Mayflower Gulch in Summit County. It's so gorgeous and I recommend it during the winter or summer.

Mines, Gold, and Me

My brother sent me a weird article from the Rocky Mountain News which I'm posting a link to here. For all those who want to know, my dad was an electrical engineer who worked at a few gold mines. I was born in Leadville, Colorado. We were called "cloud babies" because the town is located at over 10,000 feet in elevation. My dad worked at a mine called Climax which was closed in the eighties which is why we moved. So it was a surprise to hear it is re-opening!! Crazy! Now I wish I had bought that coffee shop in Leadville :)

The above photo of Harrison Avenue in Leadville is from Dave Nance's website who takes beautiful photos.