Bryce had a wonderful trip!!

I talked to him this morning. He had a great time! He wasn't overly thrilled with the whole flying thing, but he said the experience was well worth it. He's already decided he wants to go back next year with the church again! He was really touched by the way the people there live and said it made him appreciate how good we have it here. But he had a good and safe trip and is now back in Shattuck.

Meet Kiera!!

This is my new horse!! We picked her up last night when we got home. She's a yearling and a little on the wild side because she's never been messed with. But she will come around soon. She's already calmed down a lot and we haven't even had her for 24 hours yet. Her name is Kiera (I think anyway! lol).

A Wonderful Vacation!!

We had a really great time!! I took tons of pics, I'll get them uploaded to my family site later today and then share them all with you!!

Thursday: We left here about 7:00 that morning, went through NM and on up to CO. We stopped at a little town called Fort Garland and the girls got to ride horses. Then we went to Alamosa and went to the Colorado Gator Farm. Tons of aligators, snakes, all sorts of creepy stuff that the girls just loved!! Then from there we went on up to Salida and Monarch Pass. Showed the girls the place that we camped at several years ago with my Grandparents. Then went to the top of the Continental Divide. Spent the night in Salida that night, took the girls to the park downtown and watched the guys kayaking (sp???) in the rapids. That was fun! Then went back to the hotel and they went swimming.

Friday: Got up early and headed to the Royal Gorge. Got and walked across the bridge. Then we rode the thing across the RG, then rode to the bottom of it. Went to the petting zoo there, drove through the wildlife park they have. Then drove across the bridge on our way out. After that we went to Buckskin Joe's Frontier Town. The girls loved that, we watched the gun fight, went in all the building and stores, took a horse drawn trolley ride and ate lunch in the saloon there. lol Then we took the train ride from there and it went around the Royal Gorge. After we finished that up, we took the scenic byway drive to Cripple Creek. Then from there took the other scenic byway drive to Colorado Springs. We even got to see a bear running in the wild, I tried to take pic, but he was too quick! loll When we got to CO Springs, we went up the Helen Hunt Falls, that was beautiful!! I love waterfalls! lol Then we got our hotel room. We stayed at the same place we stayed at in March and got the Family Suite. It was a huge room with another bedroom, so Ed and I had our own room with a king size bed and the girls each had a queen size bed of their own!! We stayed there Friday and Saturday night!

Saturday we got up and went to The North Pole, the girls got to ride the rides and we shopped in all the stores. They of course didn't want to go sit on Santa's lap though! :( They are just growing up too fast!! Then we left there and drove to the top of Pikes Peak. It was great going up, a little cloudy, but not too bad. Coming down, the clouds rolled in and it started raining! Needless to say, I was a little nervous and ready to get to the bottom! lollll After that we went to Divide, CO. and took a tour of the Wolf and Wildlife Center. Dakota is just crazy about wolves, so this was really exciting for her! Then back to CO Springs, went to the mall, out for supper and then back to the hotel and the girls went swimming again.

Sunday we slept in, got up and packed our stuff, went out for breakfast and then headed home. We got home, unpacked the pickup and put stuff away, then went and picked up my new horse! We messed with her most of the evening and Jordan and I ran to town to get pizza for supper.

Bryce left for Mexico

Bryce left this morning with my Dad, Tweeter, and the rest of the church members for their misson trip to Mexico. I'm sure it will be a very memorable experience for Bryce. Dad and Tweeter went last year, but this will be his first time to go. He was excited and nervous both! lol He will be gone until Sunday.

Leaving for Colorado

We are leaving for CO. tomorrow morning early!! We're all really excited to go. Gonna go hit all the things we missed back in March. We're gonna go to the CO Gator Farm and to Monarch and the Continental Divide on Thursday. Friday we'll go to The Royal Gorge and Buckskin Joe's Frontier Town. Saturday we'll go to The North Pole and maybe the Rodeo Hall of Fame (if we have time) Saturday night we plan on going to old CO City and taking a horse and buggy ride. (Ed and I did that last August when we went for our anniversary). Then Sunday we're gonna go to the Wolf and Wildlife Reserve. Of course we'll also do some shopping and stuff too. Gonna be a busy 4 days!!

It's official! Ed has lost his mind! lol I guess his Dad buying that '62 vette gave him the fever. Last night we drove to Thomas, OK. and came home with a vette of our own!! It's a 1975 Corvette Stingray. It's beautiful. White with grey interior, t-tops. Excellent condition! Ed is so happy!! I love it too! The one Terry bought has always been my dream car, but this body style has always been Ed's dream car! Looks like we'll be having a lot of fun in it when it's just the two of us, cause the family sure isn't gonna fit! lol I'm sure I'll have fun driving it to town once school starts. Make a cool car to run to Liberal in to get my nails done! hehehe

Good morning!! It's gonna be another hot and windy day here. Not that you can expect much else from the Oklahoma panhandle! lol I'm not doing much of anything today, just really missing the girls. If Ed makes it home early enough tonight we are planning on going out for supper and to pick up my new horse!! I can't wait!!! Hope everyone has a great day!!!