our weekend

It’s Sunday afternoon, and according to the tv screen on the seat in front of me, I’m at 40,720 ft, traveling at 535 mph, somewhere north of Topeka. I’m in route back to St. Louis for my second week of training. It was a nice weekend in Colorado, although short. But I’m really happy I was able to go and see Lindsay and Andy. It would have been too long to be away from them. Thankfully, when I go to Dallas in August, they are going to come along.

We had a nice weekend. Saturday we went down to the farmers’ market in Old Colorado City. That was fun. We bought some Hawaiian wafers, which are really good. Then Lindsay, Andy and I drove around Manitou Springs for a while, looking at all the cool, old houses. Anderson actually entertained himself almost the whole time. The mirror we use to see him from up front was tilted down too low so he could see himself. He just talked to himself, waiving his arms around, for a good twenty minutes. But when he decided he was done, he let us know. He didn’t cry, he just yelled at us.

Lindsay and I went out to dinner, which was really nice if we disregard the food, which was not good. But, it was good to spend some time alone. Then back to Lindsay’s parents to play a game.

I’ll fly back to Denver on Friday to meet Lindsay and Andy. We’ll head to Kansas where we’re stop to catch our breath really quick, then off to Versailles, MO for a while (by Lake of the Ozarks) before heading up to Nebraska for my sister’s weadding.

That’s it for now. Sorry there are no pictures with this post; I didn’t get a chance to download any while I was in Colorado.

Our week of vacation

Well, I’m at 28,000 feet, somewhere above western Kansas, I think. I finished my magazine, so thought I would write a blog entry. I’ve been meaning to do this for the past week. I’ve (Brett) been in St. Louis at some training for work, and Lindsay and Andy are in Woodland Park, CO at her parents’ house. I’m on my way to Colorado to spend the weekend with them, then back to St. Louis for another week. I thought I’d give a recap of our vacation the week of the 4th of July. Here goes…

We spent our first couple of days just relaxing around the house, going to a few places. On the fourth, Mimi (Lindsay’s mom), Papa (Lindsay’s dad), Lindsay, Andy, Jackson, and I went to the Colorado Springs Zoo. It was lots of fun, although Andy slept through a good two-thirds of it. Oh well, I’m not sure he would have gotten much out of it anyways. Except that he does love to stare at the trees. He’s my little outdoorsman. Here are a few pictures.






On Thursday, we went down and spent some time in Manitou Springs. We went to some shops…I got some new sunglasses. Andy spent part of the day napping with his hat over his eyes.



That evening we went to the Symphony in the Clouds. The Colorado Springs Symphony performed at the middle school football field in Woodland Park. The show concluded with a fireworks show. Andy was mesmerized by the fireworks. We took a picnic and had a lot of fun. Also, please notice his outfit…does anybody else see a future Wildcat?


Friday morning we went to the Woodland Park farmer’s market.





That evening we went down to Colorado Springs to celebrate Lindsay’s birthday which was on the 8th. Andy tried on a new hat.while we were in Babies R Us.

We ate dinner at Olive Garden to celebrate Lindsay’s birthday. The wait staff was kind enough to sing to her. We’re still not sure why they made her wear a hair net while they sang.



Saturday we met my (Brett's) Colorado relatives up at a relatives cabin in the mountains. We were there about an hour before it started raining and hailing. So, we didn't get to spend nearly as much time with them as we had hoped. Hopefully, we'll get to see a lot of them at my sister's wedding in just a few weeks.

Here are some other pictures from the week:





I’ll get all the pictures uploaded to Flickr sometime. It may not be until we get back to Kansas City.

4 months old

Andy is 4 months old today. It's hard to believe. Here's a picture of him with his cousin Jackson this morning.

Andy's first interstate trip...

After typing the title, I realized that Andy has been to Missouri before. So this is really his second trip out of Kansas. Wait...now that I think about it, he went to Lindsey's graduation in Nebraska. Which also included driving through a little bit of Iowa. MAN!! He's really seeing the country at the ripe old age of 4 months. Anyway, here is a picture of us crossing into Colorado.

I also wanted to post these pictures of Cheyenne Bottoms from when we drove past there Friday evening. For those of you who don't know, there is now an ocean near Great Bend. Check it out.

new pictures

I've uploaded more pictures to flickr. Follow the link over on the right to check them out. Once you click on a picture and flickr opens up, you can follow the link on the right that says "Brett and Lindsay's photostream" to get to the rest of the pictures. They are divided in to sets, which will be on the right side of the screen. Or if you click on the "flickr" link at the beginning of this post, it will take you there also.