We are all so excited to get on the road that some of us did not even sleep last night. We decided to take our time and pack up the van and get ready. We did manage to get on the road by about 10am. Today we are driving 157 miles to Steamboat Springs. This is a very scenic drive through the Poudre Canyon (that's right I said Poudre) and over two mountain passes, Cameron Pass and Rabbit Ears Pass. The drive through the canyon was absolutely gorgeous. We drove alo...

Ray arrived safely yesterday. Everyone was very happy to see him especially Lesley. I had to work during the day today but Eric brought Lesley and Ray to Whole foods where I met them after work. For those of you that do not know Whole Foods is the most amazing grocery store ever. We ate dinner and did all our shopping for our road trip that we are embarking on Sunday morning. Ray was like a kid in a candy store. He had so much fun at Whole Foods.

Today was a ridiculously fun day. We started early with a 6:15 alarm but it was totally worth it. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Longmont last night knowing that our night of sleep would be short. Our friend Nathan met us at 7am and we carpooled to Keith and Kevin's home in Denver. We had a quick cup of coffee and all piled into the van and drove to Larksburg for Renaissance Festival. Renaissance is a great place to people watch and the freaky people d...

We have had a really nice week. You already read about our family outing on Tuesday. On Wednesday Lesley and I went to my friend Val's house for a home spa day. Val made us a beautiful salad for lunch and provided wine and was the best hostess ever. We did our hair and nails and had a blast on a budget. Yesterday we borrowed a kayak from our friends Sean and Mary. We put our giant canoe in the lake and the borrowed kayak and paddled about a mile south to a littl...

We decided that we needed to get out of the house today and go do some local fun stuff. I looked online for free things to do in Fort Collins and the botanical garden and a sculpture zoo came up. So we all piled into the car for a family outing. Our first stop was a new organic vegan restaurant that I have been really excited to try. Turned out to a bit of a disappointment. The food was pretty good but the service was mostly awful. The owner of the restaurant wa...