Garden of the Gods

We’ve been house hunting for several days - Scott gets about a week off work to do it - and today was our last day before he has to go back to work. This morning we finally came to an agreement with the seller on a house we had put an offer on. This is the third house we have written on - the others didn’t work out for different reasons - but we signed off this morning and are now moving ahead with inspections and other things. Hopefully it all works out.
In the afternoon we actually found ourselves with a little bit of free time, so we decided to head up to Garden of the Gods, a park with beautiful rock formations in Colorado Springs. Scott and I had both been there before, but it was fun to go back.

Here's Matthew posing by the bison (or cow as he called it) at the visitors center.

It was about 3:30 when we got there, but it seemed like the sun was already going down. In Utah the sun seems to come up late because of the mountains. In Colorado, the sun seems to set early because of the mountains. So it was starting to look dusky, and it was also very cold. We got our first snow (not Colorado’s first snow of the season, but ours, since we’ve only been here a week) a few days ago and Matthew is very excited about it. He is very eager to make and throw snowballs, but we always seem to be without his gloves when he wants to do it.

Matthew was very excited to be there. Anna was just feeling a little cold.

Scott carried her most of the time.

So impressive!

I finally got some appropriate footwear for Colorado yesterday. I came from Okinawa with a pair of flip flops and a pair of Keen mary janes that you wear without socks. When the snow came a few days ago and I only had shoes with which you wear no socks, I knew I couldn’t put it off any more. I had to buy different shoes. I got these boots and another pair...and my feet are thanking me.

We saw some deer, and Matthew wanted to know where the animals lived, and if they lived in between the rocks. He wanted to make sure before he ventured in there.

On the way back to the car, Anna wanted to walk just like Matthew.

As we were heading back Matthew told me he was so cold he was almost going to die. I know how you feel, buddy. We bought a few more warm clothes for him (and Anna) today. :) Of course, after that he did stop to walk in the snow on the side of the road and take a few scenic detours to find snowballs. I guess he wasn’t going to die immediately. I think he's going to like it here.