Colorado

Shawn and I just got back from Colorado yesterday. It was nice to get away for a few days and relax, although the trip didn't start out that way. We decided to drive to Colorado this time. Before we left I didn't even think to look at the weather. It hasn't rained here in weeks, so the thought of rain didn't even cross my mind. Our first three hours of driving was spent in the rain. Fortunately it cleared up and was nice. That was until we started driving through the mountains. There were dark clouds all around us and I was just dreading driving up the mountain in the rain, but that didn't end up being the worst part. We ended up getting hailed on for about 15 minutes in the middle of nowhere. I was so scared our windshield was going to get cracked or we'd have horrible hail damage. Luckily the car was fine and we eventually made it safely.

Our car was making a funny noise when we pressed the brakes, so we decided to take it to a Toyota dealership to have it checked out. The closest one was about 40 minutes away. We headed over there and had it looked at (which they said it was ok) and then headed to the airport to meet my parents, Lindsey, and the boys. On the way through Glenwood Canyon the traffic completely stopped. We heard rumors of a wreck ahead of us. We ended up parked on the highway for over 3 hours. Apparently a semi was going to fast and rolled over and lost its load of steel pipes. The pipes had crossed the median into on coming traffic and a car hit one of them, as well as another semi crashing. It looked awful. I hope everyone was ok. If you have to be stuck on a highway for 3 hours, Glenwood Canyon it a great spot. We had beautiful mountains to look at and a river running through it. People were walking and riding bikes up and down the highway to pass the time.

We were so happy the rest of the week ended up being uneventful and relaxing. We got to witness Andrew taking his first steps. It was so exciting and we are so proud of him. He is such a fighter.

Some wind turbines we saw on our drive

A few months ago we bought a Toyota Prius. We love it!!! 50 MPG!!!