Friday, February 15, 2013

Love is Forever…and so are Roaches

My husband is an…interesting…sort of guy.  This was my Valentine’s Day gift.

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Yep, he had a cockroach named for me.  Isn’t he great?!  “Cockroaches can survive a nuclear holocaust, and so can our love.”  His words.

Yay.

It’s gross, disgusting, and possibly insulting, but to be honest, I’m smiling as I write this.  Somehow he came across this and couldn’t resist, and it IS kinda funny :)

And he was smart enough to bring home flowers and chocolates…

Colorado Vacation Finale

Edited to add: I just noticed that this never posted…so much for setting a date to do it automatically!

One of the last ‘touring’ things we did was to visit the Olympic Training Center.  Honestly, while I enjoy watching the Olympics when they come around, I really didn’t care if we missed that one, but it turned out to be one of my favorite places we saw.

It’s a guided tour, and we were guided by an Olympic-hopeful.  We got some inside information and will be looking for her in 2016!  We saw many of the training areas, walked through the hall of fame, and watched a very inspirational video.  They house many trainees in the Olympic Village, and the trainees can be as young as 15 years old.  I just can’t imagine sending my 15-year-old off to live elsewhere for years for the sake of a sport…

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We also celebrated Twinkle’s 3rd birthday on New Year’s Day.  As you can guess, it was a small affair- just dinner, presents, and cake.

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“I’m fwee!”

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Early the next morning, we headed out!  We decided to spend a day with my aunt in Show Low, AZ so we took a longer different way back.  We decided to stop at Four Corners, the only place in the US where 4 states meet at one point.  There is virtually nothing there but a nice little monument and wide open land.  Oh, and let’s not forget the toilet seats placed over a hole in the ground.  All of that only cost $3 per personSeriously, it’s an outrageous price, but we figured it may be a very long time before we ever have a reason to be up that way again.  So now we can say that we’ve been there, done that, got the T-shirt.  Oh, wait.  There were no t-shirts…or magnets…or coffee mugs…or anything else…

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And that’s it!  The first thing my kids did when we got home was run to their beds and hug them :) 

We had a fabulous time and look forward to seeing all the family again.  Colorado is beautiful, but as the saying goes…there’s no place like home!