Elisablog: Our Labor Day Weekend Part 1

Some of the things I am enjoying about being in the Air Force--besides free health insurance, getting paid to move around the country and seeing Evan in his blues on Mondays--is that Evan gets all federal holidays off and usually an extra day for fun! He got to walk with us to school on Friday and then came with me to my Mom's Walking Club. It was nice to have him participate in our week day.

To celebrate this fine Labor Day Weekend, we left Saturday morning for Estes Park. I'd been there before with Elisabeth in August of 2006 when we were visiting Terra while she lived in Ft. Collins. The girls did very well in the car.

Julia slept for part of the way. She is super fat!!!

Once we got to the part of the highway that actually curves and twists into the mountain, Evan became the happiest person alive. Here he is thoroughly enjoying his driving experience.

Estes Lake.

Holy crap, it took us half an hour to find a freaking parking spot once we got to Estes. We were STARVING and Elisabeth made sure to tell us about every 5 minutes about how we hadn't parked yet. Apparently, we were not the only ones who decided to get away for the weekend. They also were having a Labor Day art fair in the middle of town to add to all the parking fiasco.

We finally parked and started walking the main street looking for food.

Elisabeth posed here 3 years ago and remembered how she'd posed. :)

We ate a pizza place Terra had taken us last time. It is delicious and the ingredients are all fresh and it's just heavenly. You also get to sign your name on the wall.

Julia demanding Evan share his ice cream.

Super mad when the ice cream was declared all gone.

While driving to our hotel, we happened upon a herd of elk. They were grazing in someone's yard. And not obeying common traffic laws.

When we got to the hotel, both girls went absolutely crazy. Julia kept playing in the ginormous closet and walking circles around the room like a caged zoo animal.