Colorado Springs & Arches

This was our actual destination... we just took the long way to get here! :) It was so great to see everyone, and the girls were super excited to play with Marisa again. We went out to lunch, went shopping, hung out and caught up.

One of the nights we were there we got to watch an amazing lightning "show" that was happening out in the back fields. In fact, Merilyn says this was coolest thing she saw on our trip. :)

There wasn't any lightning going on in this photo!

On the 4th of July we headed over to Grandma Karen's sister's for a barbeque/family get-together. It was hot, hot, hot! But, fun. :) The girls had a ball with the other kids and Merilyn lost another tooth!

After we left Grandpa Ken and Grandma Karen, we went on to Arches National Park. Ali and I both think that one day we'd like to come back here and do some more hiking and exploring. This park was pretty amazing!

How does it do that!?

It was another very hot day... whew! But, the girls got a kick our of climbing up, down, and around the giant rocks.