Colorado in the Snow

"White as snow white as snow
Though my sins were as scarlet
Lord I know Lord I know
That I'm clean and forgiven


Through the power of your blood,
Through the wonder of your love,
Through faith in you 
I know that I can be

White as snow"

We journeyed to Colorado for the second time this year for eleven days, driving through the night in both directions. It was the boys' first experience in real snow! It was falling, it was on the ground, it was on our car. It was so amazingly beautiful. I will never forget staring out our fifth story hotel and watching the snow gently fall and twist and float from the sky. It made even the trash cans look beautiful. Eli loved every minute of it. Max loved it as long as the sun was out since he was not a fan of his snow clothes. For four days in a row the high was 19 degrees! We had quite a big storm while we were there. On this trip we spent our time in Colorado Springs, Lakewood, Morrison, Littleton, and Centennial. Pictures speak better than I ever could. ;-) 

It's snowing!!! Driving through Vail.

Nothing more beautiful than the mountains

Visited Focus on the Family

Checking out homes 

Nice Park 

Saw lots of deer 

Beautiful Manitou 

Inside the Cave of the Winds 

Free breakfast every morning! 

Eli loved the snow so much! 

Nothing better than this ;-) 

Mountain Goat 

They LOVED this muskrat 

Snowball fight 

Grenadine ice slushies 

My little guy 

Hiking at Palmer Park 

Found this adorable kitty that we named Snow Paws 

A feast ;-) 

Black Forest Regional Park 

Stomping around 

Built a Pokemon Stadium 

Eli LOVED mini golfin!

Trying on Shades to help momma 

Swam the first 4 nights at our first hotel 

Visited a great free farm in Littleton 

Found a real grumpy cat 

Lots of card playing on the trip 

and lots of toy playing 

Ate at a restaurant that had a gorilla, arcade, show, all you can eat, music, Christmas lights and more. 

First snowfall ever!! 

It's sooo pretty! 

My snow buddy 

Thanksgiving dinner. Bison chili and ice cream ;-) 

Went to several nice malls

Did a lot of driving 

Found an interesting dino museum in Morrison 

So cool! McDonalds art 

Boys loved Lollipop park!! An indoor amusement park for kids 

My mountain man 

Boys couldn't get enough of the magic mirror 

Watching hockey 

An awesome ferris wheel 

Beautiful things everywhere 

Eli didn't want to stop doing the bow and arrow 

Eli built snow plows. 

Max built Muskrat houses. 

Drive to check out Colorado Springs again. 

Oh man! 

Learning to play chess 

Barnes N Noble adventure 

Another mini golf course 

"mommy, do you know what I love the most? Snow!!" 

Too bad he didn't love his snow jacket or boots the most ;-)