Monday, September 17, 2012

GLENWOOD SPRINGS

           Our second annual Labor Day weekend to Glenwood Springs with Cassandra.  We stayed at the Residence Inn this time.  It worked out so much better, because it was a suite, so we didn't have to sit in the dark at 8:00, when Cassandra went to bed. : )
                                                            Petting a grasshopper



                                              Dinner at Juicy Lucy's, on their outdoor patio
 Our bedroom.  We put Cassandra to bed here and then carried her into her hide-a-bed in the living room later, when we would go to bed.
                                                     The wonderful Hot Springs pool

                                                              A picnic at a park
                                         Papa wanted to visit a cemetery.  Made for some interesting
                                           conversations. : )

                                          Adventure Park, at the top of the mountain...rode a gondola to get
                                          there.  This ride is like a ferris wheel, only it's mining carts.
                                            Spectacular views from the top

                                   And, we visited the caves again...and, saw "tinker bell" again

                                                       lunch, overlooking the town
                                        This is my favorite picture.  Papa took Cassandra on the
                                         Alpine Coaster.  When she got off, she said, "That was
                                         really, really, really FUN!!"  So, they went again, a bit
                                         later, and Jack said he went even faster the second time.
                                          The girl who was running this ride let Cassandra ride
                                          a bunch of times, on the same ticket.  The girl was
                                          from Romania.  : )
                                       Huge sandbox...Cassandra makes friends almost instantly.
                                         This park is in Carbondale, about 10 miles from Glenwood
                                         Springs.  Again, Cassandra saw this little girl and went over
                                         to give her a push on the swing.  They had a great time
                                         together.


                                          We bought a coloring book & crayons for her, and you'd
                                         think we had given her gold & diamonds. : )
                                        And, this shot was deja-vu for us.  When we used to
                                        bring our kids to Glenwood Sprgs., they would always
                                        race to the elevator to push the button.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

MOVING DAY...AGAIN

                                     Brunch for the crew, after moving Dad from independent
                                     living on the first floor...to assisted living on the 3rd floor  

                                                   View from Dad's 3rd floor apt.


                                                    coffee break on his new balcony

Monday, September 10, 2012

OUR NEWEST........GRANDDAUGHTER!!

                                                          Brielle Mae Platt....8/30/12
                                               (middle name after my mom's middle name)

SWIM LESSONS!