Colorado Adventure

Well, since our last post we have traveled quite a bit. The Big 12 conference meet was in Boulder, Colorado. Since I went to school near there and still have friends in Colorado, I decided it would be a great time to see them, get to see Tom when he's away, and see some great track. Kinley and I left on a Tuesday for Burlington, CO. This took us a little under 5 hours including stops. Kinley did great in the car - reading books, talking on her phone, taking a nap, and having a few snacks. We stayed with my friend Kelly and her two sons, Tyler and Ryan.



We had so much fun catching up and spending time together. Kinley really liked playing with their dog, Buddy, and all of Kelly's Discovery Toys (really cool stuff!).

On Wednesday, we met Kelly for lunch and then drove up to Greeley (where I went to school) to see a couple of my friends that just had a cute little baby girl. I thought Kinley would be really excited to see/play with the baby, but she was more interested in the baby swing and the cat who didn't really like Kinley so much. Kinley didn't even want to hold Olivia. This shocked me! Eventually when Olivia fell asleep we got a quick picture.



We continued down to Longmont after dinner with Beth and Dave to stay with our ex-neighbors. Ironically, our next-door neighbors from Knoxville just moved to Longmont (close to Boulder) to be close to their daughter and granddaughter. Norm and Penny were so gracious to let us stay with them when they just got back from Italy and were still trying to unpack from the move. Kinley quickly found the piano. Every chance she got she wanted to play. I have this short video, but I couldn't get her to sing and play on camera, only after I turned it off.





We got to hang out on Thursday and finally see Tom, and then the track meet started.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were all great weather days filled with great track. Kinley must have had a good time because at the end of each day she was filthy! The dirtier you are means the more fun you had, right? On Sunday we met up with my college friend, Michelle. We got to spend some time together at lunch and for a while at the meet.

Surprisingly, Kinley got to pet a buffalo at the meet! Ralphie 4 was there for a few hours and Kinley got to pet her and grab a handful of fur she was shedding. Personally, I think its kinda gross, but this is also the child to took a sip of water out of the whirlpool - after athletes had been in it.





We had a great trip. It was so amazing to get to see old friends! This was also a great time to visit Colorado. Everything is green and blooming. Absolutely gorgeous! Yes, the trip home was long, but again Kinley and I took it in two days. I think total we drove between 1300 and 1400 miles, and it was worth it.

Just Kinley

Just couldn't pass up this opportunity.



Can you tell which part of the outfit Kinley picked out?

Nebraska Meet

A couple weeks ago Tom competed at Nebraska. He threw javelin in the morning. And, of course, he was supposed to throw shot put and run the 200 at the same time. He took 1 throw without any warm-ups and then rant the 200. He made it back in time for the last-round throws and got a couple more. He literally had 5 minutes after his race before the threw. He ended up with 16.21 in the shot, although he had a few further after the competition was over, and his 200 time was 22.16, I think. Kinley made a new friend , too.

Here is the 200. I know its hard to see, but Tom is in lane 4. (He's the tall one at the front)


This is Kinley giving Bella a puppy treat. She thought it was really cool for the puppy to lick her hand and take the treat right from her.