Colorado (in pictures!)

The reason for our trip.  My baby bro Zach graduated (valedictorian!) high school                                                              

Zach and Miles meet for the first time

some love from Grammy

amazingly, all of our kids have been able to enjoy a bath in Grammy's sink

Lizzi helping bathe Miles

dog pile on Grandpa

there's room for all four!

Miles wasn't such a fan of the dog pile

my dad without a smile--no wonder my childhood friends were terrified of him :)

after leaving mom and dad's, we struck out to colorado springs and saw adventures in oddessy

Miles as Miles on Oddessy

Wesley as Sebestian the Dog

Alicia as Connie

Love Phil's photo eye as I never even saw this!

Lizzi and Wesley make a new friend on stage

Abi listens to oddessy each night to go to sleep, she was in hog heaven getting to visit.

Lizzi as the cat

taking a break for some giggle time

that night we hiked around garden of the gods

our three adventurers

taking a bite out of 'bacon' rock

two very weary hikers

Uncle Kenny joined us for the day, the kids were thrilled as we only see him 2-3 times a year if we're lucky

look at those clouds, Phil does such an amazing job!

Casa Benita the next day

we got there well past the lunch hour and got fantastic seating up in the cabana

Wesley was mostly terrified the whole time after the diver went over the rocks

these two on the other hand had a blast

our cabana.  Each time the diver climbed up the girls would get a high five

surprise trip to the Colorado Rockies baseball game

daddy taking a turn carrying Miles

Abi's favorite player is Todd Helton

our view from the super high (but ultra cheap $10 for the whole family!) 'rockpile' bleacher seats

Dinger the Dinosaur

Wesley was terrified and screamed the whole time, but as soon as we walked away he declared that he loved Dinger

this captures his experience a bit better

on the balcony to watch a little bit more on the way out

Miles enjoyed the game after catching a quick nap

the fountains go up whenever there's a home run, an excellent way to leave the game with four tired children