Here are some pictures from our trip to Texas and Colorado back in October. We flew into El Paso on a Wednesday, hosted a big dinner on Friday, and drove to Colorado on Saturday. We left by 5 a.m. so that we could be in Denver in time for the Alabama game. I think this girl deserves some brownie points. Our boys stayed with Grannie and Papa for nine whole days. They definitely deserve brownie points. My mom said that poor Sims wasn't himself the whole time we were gone. (He's a mama's boy. However, he became a Grannie's boy by the end.) G, on the other hand, enjoyed the adventure of new surroundings, people, and things to do. I guess he was cut out for our line of work.
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| Can you spot his shiner? Sims dove into his car seat head-first and came out with a black eye. |
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| Tools! Dirt! He's in heaven. |
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| One not looking at the camera. The other with his eyes closed. Sheesh. |
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| On a hike in Colorado |
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| My main squeeze. |
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| It snowed 6 inches one of the days we were there. |
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| We had a great visit with my big brother and his wife, and their four (!) boys in Fort Collins. We had an almost kid-free dinner at the Melting Pot to celebrate B's 35th birthday. Sam came along so that we wouldn't go through kid withdrawal. |
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| Date night |
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| A leisurely walk with all the Colorado McDanalds. |
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| We were back in El Paso by Halloween. I think a lot of the neighbors appreciated giving candy to a non-ghoul. |
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| Sims is doing the monster mash in this pic. Party on! |
