HELLO Colorado!!

So at the end of February we headed to Fort Collins Colorado. We had been trying to think of where we want to go after Dental School and for some reason Colorado felt right. Fort Collins in getting a temple so Brandon mentioned it and it felt good. So we decided we better go check it out and actually see Colorado for the first time in our lives. haha So we headed to Colorado with the hopes of finding a prospective job opportunity and feeling even better about it. Brandon's sister Coya and her family live in Nebraska so we stayed with them the weekend we got there. Coya's hubby John picked us up at the airport in Fort Collins (which the airport is Teeny Tiny!!) and drove us to Nebraska with him. It was so fun to see there house in person for the first time. It is a really cute little house and it was much bigger than the pictures let on. So we spent the weekend with them exploring Scottsbluff Nebraska and hanging out and having fun. Then Monday morning we all (except John) got into Coya's car and drove back to Fort Collin's. Brandon had some appointments that morning with some Dentists so we dropped him off and headed to breakfast with the kiddos. Then after breakfast at Perkins (which turned out pretty yummy) we headed over to our hotel.

I was not expecting our hotel to look like this! When we drove up I thought for sure we were at the wrong Best Western. But, we weren't and it turned out to be not all that bad. We had a fridge and a microwave which we were not expecting and the rooms were pretty nice. Another plus was that the breakfasts were not all that bad either. We were able to make our own Belgian waffles in the mornings and they had stuff for the kids. The pool was across the parking lot which sucked but it worked out.

This is how we had to set up the sleeping arrangements for the kids. Haha Since they both needed pack n plays to sleep in, and we needed them to be out of sight when they were going to sleep so they would actually go to sleep, this is how we put them. It worked out pretty nicely actually! Except for when I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night since I am pregnant. That made it a little interesting trying to squeeze between the wall and Ethan's pack n play without waking him up. haha But, it worked thank goodness.

The second night we were there we decided to tape up a blanket on the wall so that we could keep a light on after the kids went to bed. We wanted to be able to play some games once they went to bed. Especially since we were normally not ready to go to sleep by 8:30 or 9. haha It worked beautifully!!! Thank goodness I had brought medical tape with us to use on Ethan's eye patches. haha

So here is us playing 5 crowns. Which I won!! :-) haha

The kids had so much fun together. It was fun watching them play together. Ethan loved having a little friend to play with all the time!

Here they are watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse or Little Einsteins I can't remember! haha I love this picture!!

Nap time never really happened in the hotel EVER. There was no way they were going to take naps during the day when we were in the hotel room. So nap time came basically anytime we were in the car driving around. Mady thought it would be fun to copy Ethan sleeping! haha Silly girl!!

One of the days we went to the mall just to get out of the hotel and do something. We got there before any stores were open so we found a little arcade area and the kids loved playing on these race car chairs. We didn't even have to really let them play the games to have fun. Its so nice when they are little and don't care! haha

This was at Toy's R Us. Ethan loved the car. He was pretty upset when we took him out of it!

One of the day's we went to an out door mall. The weather was really nice that day. The sun felt so nice and warm so we walked around for a little bit and just enjoyed the weather.

The last night that Coya and Mady were there in Fort Collin's with us we decided to go to Chucky Cheese and let the kids have some fun (and us of coarse). Ethan really liked the little kid area and he wanted to ride these little things so bad! haha Then we let him play some ski ball with us and he thought that was awesome. So we spent a little bit of time there playing and then went and got some frozen custard before calling it a night.

The last full day that we were there in Colorado we decided to drive around a look at some neighborhoods that we might want to live in. It really helped me get a little more excited to move to Colorado. We had been in the ghetto part of Fort Collins basically the whole time so it was nice to see some newer and nicer areas. This house was just one of the houses in the area we were looking in in Timnath. They had some really cute homes and they were all new. So we went through a few model homes, it was fun.

So here we are just driving around! haha I know pretty exciting picture! :-)

So our last day was spent driving around looking at places and stuff like that. Ethan was a trooper. I seriously have the best little family ever!! So anyways that was our trip to Colorado in a nut shell. It was a good trip and Brandon found was possible job opportunity so we shall see how that turns out. Now we just need to secure a job, find the house/neighborhood that we really want to live in and we will be set. Oh and I guess Brandon has to graduate! haha So here is to our future, wish us luck!! :-)