Movie-- 1) We saw the Justin Bieber movie. 2) AG and EC were beyond excited. 3)AK slept through have of it. 4) Not much more to say than that...besides I'm an awesome aunt. :) 
Visit to Manitou Springs-- 1) We looked all over for AG's friend a t-shirt. All over. 2) Took this cute pic of AK. 3) A brief douse of Colorado culture for the King fam...cool but "different" place here in the Springs. 
Our day in Denver-- 1) I vow to never, ever, ever, eat at this restaurant [Casa Bonita] again. Best description--a Mexican carnival/circus with cliff diving and THE most disgusting food. Didn't want to eat for 24 hours after our visit. Blah. 2) Invesco Field...aka the Bronco's Stadium. Gift shop was fun. AG loves her Tim Tebow. AK is nutty--how does a four-year old know that pose? The kid's room had "dress-up" sport gear. Check out EC's Heisman pose. 3) The American Girl Store! Pretty sure we saw more tears in this store than I ever have in my life. And why haven't we bought stock?? Geez. The dolls are beautiful...and the accessories are endless. Thanks to Gran and Grandan...the girls all bought something--although not the dolls they wanted (which caused the tears previous mentioned). Thank you Gran and Grandan for preventing three total and complete meltdowns! 4) It was a beautiful day! 
Here's a hodgepodge of other fun outings and happenings... 1) We visited Focus on the Family. AWESOME "Kid Zone" that the girls loved! EC slid down the 2-story slide about 30 times! AK loved the digital coloring screen and climbing "her size" jungle-gym. Just missed seeing the Duggar Family at their book signing.
2) Church--the girls did well. We were a little disappointed that our pastor was out of town. We had a guest speaker...he was from England...and EC kept asking me what he was saying. Poor girl--she gets an "A+" for effort. They were all able to meet our friends, and of course, experience our weekly Sunday lunch tradition--Chipotle with Matt, Julie, and Addy. Our girls loved Addy...sweet girls....all four of them. :)
3) The altitude hit AG pretty hard. She didn't feel good for most of the visit--even took her to the doc. She was a trooper, but I was sad for her.
4) AK is a bottomless pit. And EC has now "visited" every bathroom between here and Denver.
5) They enjoyed visiting the Air Force Academy and the Olympic Training Center.
6) Let's just say our "house space" was limited--air mattress in the middle of the den all week. And I love my husband. It definitely bears mentioning.
7) AK kept calling my jelly beans--"belly jeans". She is the cutest thing.
8) The girls like to sing Justin Bieber songs...a lot...and loudly.
9)Went to Rizuto's for ice cream--our favorite place for a sweet treat. Huge ice cream cones for $1.00.
10) Visited the Broadmoor (5 Star Hotel here in town)--let's just say the girls weren't as impressed as Gran was when she was here.
11) The weather was perfect the entire week! The wind would whip in the afternoons, but mostly sunny, blue skies. The scenery here never gets old. Never. I'm thankful they were able to see this part of the country. Colorado is some of God's greatest handiwork.
We went skiing. But I thought it deserved a post of it's own. :) Stay tuned...
P.S. The format of this post about did me in...even with Marc's expertise...it's still not how I want it to look. It'll be a while before my next post because "Blogger" and I are no longer friends.
