Colorado 2010

We left town Sunday morning and drove to Amarillo where we ate at the Big Texan.My dad outside of the Big Texan. It was a neat place to eat, the food was okay but not great.



This guy got great joy of embarrassing me by singing to me! No that is not red from heat but from pure embarrassment :)



This was the start of Day 2, Monday! A quick stop at the Cadillac Ranch and then off to Colorado.



After getting settled into the hotel we headed to Garden of the Gods it was beautiful!The following pictures are from Garden of the God's the first is Kissing Camels.



Day 3, Tuesday we went to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings, this is a place where Indians have dug out their homes in the Mountains. No they do not live their still, but you can go back in them and walk around it was really neat.
This is me standing in one of their very small "hallways".
After the dwellings we took the Cog Railway up Pikes Peak. It was very neat. This is from the top of Pikes Peak. It was beautiful!
My mom and I at the top. See we really did make it. Mom did not adjust to the altitude very well. So she was not feeling well at this point, but was a trooper :)
While at the top for a total of approximately 20 minutes and storm rolls in. It is rather strange being beside lightening not below it.

It is hard to see, but the white spots in this picture appear to possible be snow, but NO there was a hail storm while we were at the top of the mountain.Day 4, Wednesday, we spent some time in Denver, Colorado walking the Mall, which is a really neat place, we visited Hammond's Candy and saw how it was made, and then headed back to Colorado Springs. That night we visited Flying W Ranch where we ate chuck wagon food and had great entertainment.


Day 5, Thursday, we leave Colorado, but before leaving we went to the Royal Gorge. NO I did not walk across this suspension bridge. I though I could, but I chickened out about a third of the way across :) However I did ride the Incline Railway down into in and then back up and was very fine with that, but that bridge moved a little much for my comfort. Did you know that only 1 out of 5 boards are attached (that means 80% are not screwed down). That is part of the reason it can with stand so much wind force.

Day 6, on our way back home. On our way we detoured to the Palo Duro Canyon in Texas. It is known as the Grand Canyon of Texas. You can actually drive down into it, even camp if you would like. It was really neat and BIG!

Galveston

On Friday, my best friend Amber was having a bad day, so I did what best friends do and went to Tomball and surprised her. It was such a great needed girls night. We cried and laughed and just had fun. She has been at camp for a month, so we have not really talked or anything. We decided about 11:30 that night, we really wanted to see the sunrise on the beach, so we went to bed. At 4 am we woke up and drove to Galveston to see the sunrise. It was gorgeous, pictures are below. It was such a peaceful place to be as very few people were out and it was nice just to stand and appreciate God's artwork for us! I never seem to take the time and enjoy his beauty. Hope you enjoy.





Of course we had to have the fuel to get home after waking up at 4 am!

SPRING BREAK 2010

I started Spring Break by spending time in Tomball with my great friend Amber. We went to church then drove to her aunt and uncles house to see her little cousin who was visiting from Florida. We did get lost, but I wasn't driving :) Monday we went shopping in Old Town Spring and some in downtown Tomball. It was well needed girl time!!!

Tuesday my mom, grandmother, and I drove to Tyler, to see my aunt and uncle. Wednesday we (minus my uncle, he had to work) went to the Caldwell Zoo, Mrs. Lee's Gardens (it is many acres of daffodils, GORGEOUS), Rose Garden Museum, and my uncle's job.

CALDWELL ZOO



Front row: Katherine (aunt's mom)and my Grandmother

Back row: Aunt Rose, Mom, and Me

My Mom and I

Anteater

My large feet inside the imprint of an elephant foot.

The giraffe in the back is eating, so funny!

I need the Monkey Island sign in my classroom.

Mrs. Lee's Daffodil Garden in Gladewater, Texas

Rose Garden Museum: This dresses were worn in 2009!

The Queen's dress 2009

My Uncle's Job, this is a lemon tree and it smells amazing. I now want a citrus tree for my house :)

A little lemon, before it is yellow.

This is the flower on the tree. Just walking into the greenhouse the smell was AMAZING!

After getting home, I read The Last Song, I can't wait to see the movie, it was a GREAT book!!!

Need your opinion

I am really thinking about getting my masters. At times I think it is a great idea and then at times I think I am going crazy :) Anyways, SHSU has a program, the one my mom went through, for a masters in Instructional Technology. This is what I really would like to get my masters in, if I get one. The only hold up has been the GRE, I found out last week, they no longer require the GRE! and there is some $8,000 grant I might qualify for, since I teach in a title 1 school. Now I have to decide if I really want to do this. So what do you think?