Colorado

The last few days have been filled with some of the most beautiful sites we've seen in a loooong time! Had we known what a beautiful state Colorado is, we would have made a trip here sooner!

This is me and the kids at Four Corners.










We had to take a picture under the Colorado state sign. A sidenote here is that Elijah has been quite preoccupied with Colorado ever since one of his teachers at church talked to the kids about moving there. He has had Colorado on the brain for months and was so thrilled to find out we would be driving there. He has announced to us all that he is no longer Elijah of Texas, but Solomon of Colorado. (And he's also the wisest man in the world.) We have dutifully transitioned to "Solomon" as often as we can remember.

Our first surprise in Colorado was that Adam hopped on a flight and joined us here! A tribute to his spontaneous and fun-loving personality, he just couldn't stand to be away from us any longer. I'm glad he's joined us.

Our first real destination here was Mesa Verde, where we got to see the remains of the homes of the descendants of the Navajo and Ute tribes, which were built right into the side of the mountain. So cool.

After that, we went on to Durango and Silverton, but that's a post for another day! We are loving this clean, crisp mountain air and can't get enough of the mountains and trees all around us. Today we pulled over for the kids to play in a mountain spring that was ice cold. They loved it, and Samuel couldn't get over how good the water tasted.