What a weekend!!!

I wish all weekends could be like this weekend. Of course if that was the case, I would probably not enjoy the weekends as much because this great weekend would become the norm and "a great weekend" would then have to entail a getaway to Tahiti- which I guess wouldn't be bad, but it would get a little pricey.

Anyways, Steve, Matty and I all took a short car ride to Colorado Springs. We stayed at the Embassy Suites and enjoyed a fun, relaxing weekend. We had planned to go to the Zoo on Saturday and frolic in the park (not really frolic, I mean who does that anyway) but then our plans were changed when we woke up to this:


Saturday's high was 32 degrees. The roads were icy, the trees were plastered in frost and I was freezing!! So, we decided to go to The Cave of the Winds. It is well.... a cave. No matter what the weather is like outside it is always around 60 degrees in the cave. The best part is, there are no bats in the cave. Thank goodness, because I don't have my rabies vaccine up to date.

Here is Matt and I in the cave, doesn't Matt look like he'd rather have gone to the cave then the zoo? He is so excited.

Steve took a lot of pictures in the cave, but they turned out dark and really don't do the cave justice. There were a lot of cool things that I do not know the name of and lots of knowledge passed on by the tour guide that I did not absorb- none the less it was a good time and Matthew did phenomenally well.

This is right outside the cave. Really beautiful and really cold.

The highlight of the weekend for Matthew was the hotel lobby. There is a waterfall and a little river inside with fish in it. This kept him entertained for hours!! Steve and I would just sit and have a drink while Matthew would almost fall in the river about 50 times. Thankfully he never actually fell in, but he did put his foot in it once and track water all over the lobby floor, I don't think anyone noticed until we had already left....shhh, don't tell.

It was a weekend full of excellent food and good family time.

Even with all the adventure on Friday and Saturday, the highlight of the weekend actually came on Sunday. The Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots to make us 5-0 for the season. It was a great game, Denver played their hearts out and our quarterback, Orton, outplayed Tom Brady. I am still pinching myself. Thank God for weekends full of things to celebrate!