Hold your horses!

We had a big day. We started in Wyoming and were in Ft. Collins, CO for lunch. This was exciting for a few reasons. 1) Tom and I had never seen the CSU campus. 2) Our good friend Steph Mills is an alumna and has always told us how cool it is. 3) There is nothing like a college town in the summer. Relaxed, lots of parking, and nice weather! We had lunch at a local favorite (thanks to Steph's last minute suggestion) called Avogadro's Number. It was delicious. We ate outside in the beautiful 80 degree day and the kids played in the sweet tree house while we waited on our food.

After lunch we headed to the campus (after a stop at the bookstore for a fancy new green t-shirt!) We hung out in "The Oval" and soaked in the weather a little more before we hopped back in the car.

Our final destination for today was Burlington, CO (way out in the eastern part of the state on I-70) and the Kit Carson County Carousel! I know this is a crazy thing to get excited about, but I think it is really cool. This is one of the oldest, operating, hand-carved carousels in the country. I felt like 1920 called just standing there looking at it!! As you can imagine, Lilly was really excited for the ride (and she wasn't alone). Tom and Nora rode in a sleigh. Lilly chose a zebra. Garrett saddled up on a tiger and I chose the burro!!

I think we can all agree that it was fun. It is possible that it was startlingly fast for all of us! The idea of spinning around on a huge, 108 year old, wood and iron frisbee at 12 mph might have detoured me, but I'm so glad we did it. It was really fun! After we left we stopped by City Park (that's the only city park, in case you wondered) and played on their enormously awesome play structure for a while. While we were at the park Ms. Nora decided the time had come for her to sit up like a big girl!! I excitedly took a picture. I apologize for the quality, there wasn't a ton of time to focus! :)

The title for tonight's blog came from Lilly again. She was so excited as we were driving through town for the carousel. She was asking about all the animals that she would be able to choose from and decided to go with "HOLD YOUR HORSES!!" She could never have known that she really would have to hold on so tight! Lastly I'd like to boast about our License Plate Game stats... 45/50 states seen; 4 Canadian provinces!