Garden of the Gods

After spending the afternoon with Tim & Kristi, we drove to Garden of the Gods to see some of the beautiful rock formations that are there. It was very beautiful!

Our patriotic little baby. :)
Amberlin checking out the "kitty cat" Meow!

You can actually bring your rock climbing equipment and scale these rocks! If you look closely, you can see some rock climbers on top of this one. I wouldn't want to climb this, but it would sure be fun coming down!

Pretty buffalo...

The great view from the observation deck

The Tower of Babel

I think my favorite thing about Colorado is the clouds. They look so awesome here!

Balancing rock. This one was my favorite one, but it was impossible to get a shot of it without people in it!

Watch out! Ducks crossing...

The trading post

View out the driver's side...

View out the passenger's side! The weather changes quickly here!

We went to this awesome restaurant for dinner at Park Meadows - La Sandia

This was the gorgeous sunset we watched over dinner!
Amberlin is definitely my daughter - she dug the lip liner out of my purse.
Amberlin hanging out with Daddy at Park Meadows
Sooooo tired! Time to sleep in the car seat on the ride home! She was a trooper, but by the end of the day she'd had it!

Lunch with Tim, Kristi & their kids

This week we were blessed with a rare opportunity to see some very precious friends that we rarely get to spend time with! Tim (Andy's best friend from high school), Kristi and the kids are currently living and serving in Iraq, but they came to Colorado to attend a conference and they were able to squeeze in a little bit of time to see us.

They have three awesome kiddo's - Annie, Toby and Jesse. Amberlin absolutely ADORED all three of them and they were really sweet to her. Our hearts were full watching the kids play together and being able to catch up and enjoy each other's company. It's a rare occasion that we get to see them, but we love it when we do!

Annie & Amberlin

Annie put her earrings on Amberlin - I can't believe she kept them on!

The kids had fun playing "Old Booth" with Andy

Even Jesse, the youngest, was super-sweet to Amberlin

Andy & Tim

After lunch we went to a really nice park. Amberlin took to Kristi very quickly. :) She was great with her.

Annie & Amberlin were SO CUTE!

She helped her out on the slide....

on the stairs...

on the big slide...

and on the grass. :)
There was a really cool little mini-forest in the middle of the park. The kids loved it - it kind of made a fort.

Annie & Kristi racing - this girl is fast! :)

Amberlin trying to throw Jesse's football

Andy & Tim with their kids

Sweet Toby.

Annie & Amberlin back together again. :)

We pray for safe travels and for God to be with them as they finish out their time here and then head back to Iraq. We know that the Lord has great plans for them. Hopefully we will get to see them again before too long! :)