The Springs

We took a much needed family vacation on the 4th of July weekend. We have been wanting to check out Colorado Springs(The Springs, COS) so that's where we headed. We checked into the KOA just south of COS. We stayed in one of their little cabins. So much easier than packing the car to the brim and camping it with two little ones. We went swimming which was a huge hit especially with Genesee. She is a fish! Played in the sweet playground where there was a wooden train that Lij absolutely loved. Genesee loved the sand and Dillon took the opportunity to bury her waist deep. She loved it! We all slept like rocks that night even though we were all in the same room. 

Playing on the porch of the cabin

Swimming with dad

A pretty good shot of the 3 of us

Lij loving the Choo choo

Aren't they cute!

Enjoying the sand

My little ham

A group shot

The next day we went off to Peterson Air Force Base. We thought for sure Lij would love this since he LOVES planes and helicopters. It was a little hard to get in but they finally got the list with our names on it and let us right through. There is a museum where you can check out all the of the planes close up. We even got to go inside one. Pretty cool and then the tour guide took us in the hanger and showed us a ton more. Which was a welcome break from the heat. We got there early but it got hot fast! We learned that not too far from us is the power to destroy countries. And when I say destroy I mean completely wipe out. So much power it is actually terrifying.

Instead of separate captions, I will let the pictures speak for themselves...

 

Okay side note...this is the one we went inside...

An "A" bomb

The rest of the day we drove around and saw the sites. We are too cheap to pay to drive up Pikes Peak and the kids fell asleep right when we were headed to a splash park. So we drove around...and then we checked into a hotel since I wanted to stay longer and the KOA was all booked up. We went to Goodwill and picked up church clothes so we could go to church down there.(The next morning I realized I had to sub in nursery so we drove back nice and early anyway.) All we did that night was enjoy the pouring rain and went swimming some more. Watched TV and went to sleep.  

Lij was obsessed with the "real" phone in the room...we had to disconnect it because he would not leave it alone.

All in all we had a great trip...a much needed break from our daily lives around here.