Pikes Peak

The summer rushed by so fast, I realized we hadn't made it to the mountains at all except for going up to my parents' house. So on Sunday, despite the dismal weather forecast, we headed down to Colorado Springs to drive up Pikes Peak. I had been there before, but for Scott and the kids it was the first time.

I'm so glad we didn't let the cloudy/rainy weather stop us. Once we started climbing, the clouds ended up below us and we had clear, sunny skies. The clouds also made for an amazing view.

One more thing marked off our summer list. I'm almost ready for fall to arrive.

big trucks

Every Christmas we give the kids 2 coupons each: one for a dinner out with a parent and one for an activity. This year Aiden decided to forego the restaurant and do two activities instead.

He and I saw "How to Train Your Dragon" a couple months ago, and the other thing he really wanted to do was see a monster truck show. It turned out we missed the big one that comes to Denver at the beginning of the year, so I was afraid he'd have to think of something else.

Then Conner saw that at the Adams County Fairgrounds this year they had a monster truck event. It is really close to where we live and pretty darn cheap too.

So last Thursday Scott hurried home from work, ate a quick dinner and told Aiden to come with him. He had no idea where they were going. Scott said he was pretty surprised and very excited when they got there and he realized what it was. To make it even sweeter -- when they were in line to buy tickets, Scott was given a free one courtesy of Rocky's Auto. So the whole night only cost $8.

And the pictures are priceless. =)

This is him with one of the drivers: