Last week Miss Leyba and I accompanied David on a business trip to Colorado! It was my first time back there since we moved away two and a half years ago. Oh my goodness, we had a FANTASTIC time! For all of us it was a super wonderful, very special vacation.
Since we took, oh, a couple hundred photos, I am going to break up our recap into several posts…
First up: Colorado Springs! We spent the first few days there while David worked before heading up north to Fort Collins and Boulder to visit family and friends.
Miss Leyba and I took day trips around town to Whole Foods, the bookstore, and Garden of the Gods the first two days. Then she rebelled and started hysterically crying every time we got in the car, so I canceled the rest of our plans and we played in the hotel room the last day. Believe it or not, she thought it was heaven. (So many new things to explore!) Some recharge time was exactly what she needed… and I got to spend November 4th near the computer/tv which ended up being exactly what I needed. (Yes, we spent Election Day in the red part of the state. We survived and Obama won. Phew.)
So, back to Garden of the Gods.
Wow, was it beautiful. Miss Leyba and I hiked around and saw the monuments close up. I was totally in awe, while Miss Leyba was completely oblivious to the rock formations. I couldn’t believe it. She didn’t look up once. Evidently the man-made benches, boulders, and little pebbles were way more interesting.
She did have a great time though:
Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colorado) from Carrie on Vimeo.
Garden of the Gods #2 (Colorado Springs, Colorado) from Carrie on Vimeo.
We’ll have to go back when she’s older.
AAAAAHHHHHH DYING i love her little humming / raspberrying / singing :-) :-)
we just found out our sales conference is in denver this january. i’m excited to get to visit CO again! although… in january…. hmm :-P
This is how she talks to me all day… Sing song-y! She’s such a chatterbox, she goes nonstop. I know she’s getting tired when she stops talking so much. I can’t imagine where she got that from. ;P
Fun! Don’t worry, it will still be beautiful… and you never know about the weather. My parents visited us one year when was 65 out in JANUARY! Crazy.
The picture of her with the sun breaking behind the rocks is amazing! I’m with Alice–the singing chattering is adorable. Absolutely adorable. When she starts putting sentences together, there is gonna be no stoppin’ Miss Leyba. The little lady will express herself like the independent woman she is!