We are sorry that we haven't posted since July; we would like to claim that we were super busy, but let's be honest...we were a little lazy and kept putting it off; our bad.
So, since July we have done quite a few things: we made a merry ole trip to our home state and how glorious it was, except for the drive. Let's break down our trip: we drove 19 hours, slept for 12 hours and only spent 15 hours with the fam...46 hours all together; it was a very short time but it was great to be with them. While we were there, we had the opportunity to witness the sealing of our niece Payton to her family. Both of us got to dress our nieces in their temple dresses and then got them ready for pictures after the sealing; it was a great moment for us to bond with them and we will never forget it.
So, since July we have done quite a few things: we made a merry ole trip to our home state and how glorious it was, except for the drive. Let's break down our trip: we drove 19 hours, slept for 12 hours and only spent 15 hours with the fam...46 hours all together; it was a very short time but it was great to be with them. While we were there, we had the opportunity to witness the sealing of our niece Payton to her family. Both of us got to dress our nieces in their temple dresses and then got them ready for pictures after the sealing; it was a great moment for us to bond with them and we will never forget it.
The Blakeley Family sealing July 2014
Our next fun event was Garden of the Gods...again. This time we went with some friends. We ventured deeper into the garden and walked around to different spots in the park. Before we left, we stopped at a popular spot called Balanced Rock (no we did not travel to Utah.) It was another fun little outing.
Leslie got to celebrate her birthday for a whole week and she loved every minute of it.
Monday was a Sky Sox game, a local baseball team. We went to one game but were rained out so we switched our tickets for another game and it was a hit.
Sky Sox August 2014-best game ever ended on a home run in the bottom of the 9th.
Tuesday was Leslie's day of birth. I picked her up from work, we went to See's Candies and the went off to dinner. We found an Irish Pub called Jack Quinn's (no drinking involved) and then came home where she found a surprise with balloons and some of her favorite candy.
Wednesday we hiked this outrageous hike called the Incline and it was ridiculous. Luckily we had a stellar support group that came with us; my friend Shayne and his girlfriend Cassie lovingly pushed us to the top of the it and we are so grateful for their help and encouragement. If it wasn't for them, I'm sure we would have died before hitting half way. It took us an 1 and 20 minutes to reach the top and it was glorious. It was dark by the time we reached it but the view was beautiful. Here is a link to information about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou_Incline
About half way
Almost there-look at the bottom, we climbed that.
The Incline August 2014. Here is us with Shayne and Cassie. Thanks friends for your help.
Friday Leslie's dreams came true...we visited one of the USA Olympic Training Centers here in the Springs and even though I'm not into sports and athletics and such, I was in awe. A friend from our ward is the Sports Medicine director not only for the center in the Springs but also for the other centers here in states and she gave us a behind-the-scenes tour. We got to see some pretty cool areas of the center and saw a few athletes but sadly we missed Phelps and Lochte a week too late; they were there and WE MISSED THEM BY A WEEK!!!! Lame! But we got to see where they train and such.
Bobsledding was a must...Jamaican style...no? okay.
Go Team USA!!!
And the torches from the Winter Olympic games.
After our trip to the Olympic Center, we got ourselves ready for a camping trip with some friends and went to a place called Woodland Park. We were there for a few days enjoying the outdoors and beautiful scenery. Here are some pictures from last weekend.
We were sad because it was raining like crazy. It always rains when Leslie goes camping; true story, she said it herself.
Our pup anxiously waiting to get outside and chase some squirrel friends.
I was playing with our friends' kids with squirt bottles...good times.
We also went shooting but did not get any pictures of that, however, I got one of Percy cowering in the car because of the loud noise from the guns...poor little dude.
It was a great weekend and we thoroughly enjoyed it with friends and the great outdoors. We did a lot within the three weeks that I had off from school, but it starts up again tomorrow and I am more the excited to start. I was going insane because I am not working and Leslie had the car, but it's okay, I spent those few weeks with my new friend the Doctor. We went on great adventures but my time with him has come to an end while I educate myself further. Thanks Doctors. Allons-y and Geronimo!
