Colorado Springs

This past weekend I had a conference in Colorado Springs.  I headed down to do my networking and presenting on Thursday and Friday and then after work on Friday, Mark and Grace joined me.  The conference was at Cheyenne Mountain Resort which is a beautiful facility.  Grace was so excited to stay at a hotel and we had a great time Saturday exploring Colorado Springs.  We'll definitely have to head back there this summer (after baby is born) and do some hiking.

 

 View from our balcony at sunset

 This is the mountain that NORAD is in--crazy to think that there is a military operation INSIDE the mountain!

 

 Saturday morning we headed to the main lodge for breakfast where G found this new friend

 

 We also got to go swimming.  Grace loved having some time in the water.

After we checked out of the hotel we headed to Manitou Springs which is a small town at the base of Pike's Peak.  It's a cute little touristy town.  We wandered and found a fun place for lunch.  It was a bit fancy and Grace loved it.  She had the perfect manners and ate a great lunch.

She also snagged the camera from me and got a few shots of Mark and me...

Then it was off to the US Olympic training center.  It had some cool memorabilia but we were a bit underwhelmed by the tour.  I think it might have just been a bad tour guide.

 

The next three photos are "Photography by Grace."  Some pretty cool angles and shots, if you ask me.  Unfortunately she dropped the camera and it's now at Best Buy getting fixed.  She felt bad and kept telling me, "Don't worry mommy, you can use my camera!" (she has a little Fisher Price digital which takes some nice and fuzzy photos)

 Trying to meet the world record for the long jump

After the Olympic Center we were headed back home.  Grace fell asleep before we got on the highway and didn't wake up the entire 2 hour plus drive.  I think she enjoyed our day!