Colorado Adventures...

Going back to my Forsyth roots was such a fun adventure of sharing family stories and family history, hiking and swimming in the cool Colorado weather, and just plain hanging out with my really cool relatives.

Dave and I stayed with Sherry and Andrew, who now live in Parker Colorado, and we got to enjoy a day down in Colorado Springs in Garden of the Gods (can you pick out the "Kissing Camels" in the middle picture? It's much better than Jeremy's "Camelback Mountain" LOL).

We then spent a few minutes exploring the grounds of the huge Glen Eyrie castle...which I definitly reccommend to anyone who is up for an awesome hike and great views!

We got to get together with my Grandma and Grandpa and my cousin Shauna at a great Italian Kitchen, where Dave used to work, called Zios...and I think it's even better than Olive Garden and California Pizza Kitchen...too bad we don't have it in UT!

We also got to go by the Nolte's old house in Colorado Springs...it was beautiful!



Even more beautiful was the House of the Lord where we got to perform ordinances for many of my ancestor's on the Forsyth side that Sherry has been searching out on new.familysearch.org. It was a wonderful experience for all of us! In the baptistry that day I was with a ward group doing family names, and all together the Shift Coordinator said that over 700 ordinances were performed by us in the baptistry lone that morning! How this wonderful work is rolling forth!!!

Back in Parker, we loved playing with Fluffy's five little new kitties...the one Andy has here is my favorite little gal...or at least we hope it's a gal, cuz I named her Lucy for the little splotch of red fir on the top of her head :) And Mags, that was your nickname for me for quite a while :) Haha.

And last but not least, we got to see Kevin (my dad's younger brother) show off some awesome trampoline tricks...Kev and Amanda and their three great kids (my newly discovered cousins...Josh, Patrick, and adorable Ali there in the pink) live right down the street from Sherry. It was so great to see everyone and I'm so grateful for their hospitality there in Parker! Love you all so much, and I can't wait for the next time we can get together!

The Land of Enchantment

After Colorado, we continued our journey down to New Mexico to introduce Dave to the enchantment of my home state. We took him all over the northern half of the state, and here's some of the gorgeous sites we saw...

A view of North Mesa in Los Alamos, the breathtaking hilltop town where I spent my high school years. Go Hilltoppers! LOL, I do say we have an original mascot :) Here's Dave looking strapping in the green and gold :)He's such a coner...Like me!

Experiencing the fresh guacamole at Gabriel's in the town of Pojoaque. They make it right at your tableside...and it's the best you've ever had!

Near the Tesuque Reservation, there's a glassworks and metalwork foundry where we got to explore all of the cool and...interesting...sculptures.
The five orange poles you see in the back of me and Aslan here are actually a very modern and expensive work of art that apparently people would buy...? If they had $25000 to spare. That's right folks, $5000 per pole in this "Sequence"...I could make the same thing out of Play-do for 50 cents. I think I'll stick with that. But these three little pigs here were tempting, only a few thousand dollars for a welcoming garden sculpture. "Truffles" the pig in the plaza pictured with Dave, however, is very valuable...neither of us would ever be able to afford such a "stunning" work of art :) Some Santa Feans must though...no wonder they call it "The City Different"!

We do have some gorgeous art here, however, being totally serious. The Southwestern style, even found in the arcitecture, is unique and special to this enchanted land...



Our house in Santa Fe!

Fun times on the Plaza

We got to visit with my Nana in Albuquerque, and she took us by the Cancer Center at UNM Hospital, where they have a plaque in her honor

While in ABQ, we also got to do baptisms for some of my relatives in the temple, and we went around the whole place taking pictures and goofing around. Couldn't quite get a good one of us jumping off the ledge of the fountain...oh well, we got a lot of funny lookin action shots...

Finally, the beginnings of a beautiful sunset, seen from my parent's land outside of town.