Garden of the Gods....there are really no words to describe the wonder of this beautiful place. its so breath-taking its almost hard to believe its real...and not only that its real but its not MAN made! when i see places as gorgeous as the landscape that surrounded us for nearly 4 years and once again this weekend, it makes me feel God so strongly in my heart. i cannot imagine any other way that something so amazing could be created! maybe thats why living in CO seemed to have filled such a huge gap in my life. not only did i find my true relationship with Christ there, but the area we were living in just surrounded me with his majesty. in CO the air is different, cleaner, purer, fresher...the water is clearer, sparkling...the scenery is breathtaking...people arent kidding when they say "CO is God's Country".
this used to be the "entrance to my backyard"
as im sure you can imagine, it was wonderful being there today. it was so amazing to be able to share such a special place with our 3 boys! the only thing missing was our dogs, it was their favorite place to go hiking, leash free (when we went off path), so we brought them each back a big stick! it will be fun to see if they remember and react to the scent!
after a decent hike around garden of the gods, and plenty of photo op for kellie, i think we may have gotten a pretty decent family shot! so we packed up back to the house to drop off all the boys and kellie and i headed over to her Granny's for her baby shower!!
i still cannot believe that Kellie is pregnant. we have been talking about the fact for a few months now but even being here, with her next to me, i still cannot believe it! i am beyond excited for her and randy. i know the two of them will be an amazing parenting team together and their baby will be so blessed to have such a wonderful family. great kids are a product of great parents! it was wonderful to catch up with some old friends at the shower and to put a face to the name of many of the people who have been a part of kellie's life for, well, forever! (pics from the shower were all on kellie's camera!)
after the shower, frank and i took the boys for a long promised trip to the playground where we met up with another of my CO girlfriends...Kelli - yes another kelly with another different spelling! Kelli was pregnant with now 4 year old daughter Eva when we left in '05 and now also has a little boy Dante, who is about 2 months older than the twins...so it was super fun for her and i to get caught up a bit but even more so to finally meet each others kids in person and watch them play together! aside from a little tift between Mr. Macho Tuscan and Eva, they all got a long really well!
the night was ended with a good old fashioned George-in-the-kitchen family dinner. it was awesome! he was insistant on "cooking italian for the italians". and i must say, he did a great job! the best part of the dinner though was without a doubt MommaRita's homemade chocolate ice cream! i have never in my life had homemade ice cream and now that i have i think it might be the next kitchenaid mixer attachment we have to invest in, because it was amazing!
this whole week has been a little crazy, not many naps, lots of being in the car, tons of things that are just out of the ordinary as far as our routine goes...but as i sit here typing the details of our day i am so grateful for every second that hasnt been wasted. this is a once in a great while opportunity for us and i dont want to miss a thing! i cannot believe we only have one day left here...3 days is not nearly enough to get even close to all of it in!
2 comments:
The pictures tell the whole story! I can see why you love it there. It does look just breath taking and I can only imagine how hard it was to leave. But it was still wonderful to see you Sunday!!
It was so nice to see you and finally meet all 3 boys! How's preschool going?
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