Colorado: Colorado Springs

While in Colorado Springs we stayed with my good friend, Dawn, and her husband David. Dawn and I have been friends for as long as we can remember. It was sooo good to see her again, meet David, introduce her to Evie and to catch up! Thanks for hosting us, Dawn and David.
Dawn's friend Jessica and her husband Jesse were also in town. It was quite the house full! :) Here we all are at David's parents house for dinner.
David's dad shot a panther a looong time ago (before it was illegal) and he still has the skin! It was pretty crazy! Evie wasn't scared and thought it was actually quite fascinating. She had to be careful with it though because it's getting a little fragile.
Dawn works at Focus on the Family and so we stopped by while we were there for lunch and to tour the place. Our favorite part was the baby play land in Whit's End. Everything is padded and safe for babies to explore. With all the driving and sightseeing, Evelyn loved having a place to crawl and climb. :)

The last thing we did on our day in CO Springs was visiting the Air Force Academy. The chapel at the Academy is very fascinating. I don't know that I would call it beautiful (like the Naval's Academy's), but it definitely looks Air Force-ish. :)  
The ceiling

We got caught in a big thunderstorm though and were drenched by the time we got back to the car. I tried to keep Evie dry under my coat, but she was too interested in the rain to stay underneath it. :)