Flat Stanley Adventures

A few months ago, Jeff's cousin's wife contacted us about participating in their son's Flat Stanley project. Their son, Wesley, is so loved by Boone whenever we are able to get together with them in Missouri. We have done this once before for another friend, while we were in Canada, and enjoyed writing the letter and reporting back to the class, so we gladly said we would help.

I just finished writing up the letter and compiling all the pictures, so I thought I would put it up here.

Here's the letter we just finished typing up to send to the class:

Dear Wesley,

We had so much fun with Flat Stanley while he visited us in Colorado. Thanks for sending him to us! 

First, we took Stanley to downtown Denver. We showed him the Colorado state capitol building. That is where people called politicians make laws for the state. It is a really big building and it was really busy the day we were there. The building has a large dome in the middle that is covered in gold.

Next, we took Flat Stanley to the Denver Botanic Garden. All the flowers are starting to bloom and there are so many colors. There is also a children's garden with all kinds of flowers and a playground. It is so fun to play in the children's garden! 

Then, we took Flat Stanley skiing at Loveland Ski Area. We had a great day for skiing. There was lots of snow and sunshine. He went down all kinds of runs, and especially liked the Black Diamond runs with the moguls. Loveland Ski Area is built near, and partly on top of the Eisenhower Tunnel. It is a huge tunnel that goes through a mountain so that cars can get to the other side. It is the longest mountain tunnel. 

Next, one weekend, we took Flat Stanley to a family member's cabin in southern Colorado. The town that the cabin is in is called Cuchara. We did some hiking and drove to Cuchara Pass in a jeep! The elevation there is 9,995 ft. Some people have trouble with the elevation and it causes them to have a headache, but Flat Stanley did great.  This last week, we took him to the library and read some books there. We love going to the library every week. (In case you are wondering why Boone has a stethoscope around his neck, there is a veterinarian kit to play with at the library.) :)

Thanks again for sending him to us! We had a lot of fun with him! Hope to see you soon, Wesley!

Love,

Boone Robertson (and Jeff and Emily Robertson) :)

**In case you want to know more about Flat Stanley, check out: http://www.flatstanley.com/

Exploring Red Rocks

My brother decided to come visit us for a quick weekend after he was on a business trip in Minneapolis in the middle of March! He arrived Thursday evening and headed out Sunday afternoon, so it was a quick trip, but we packed in a lot of stuff!

Friday we decided to head to Red Rocks to check it out and do a little hiking. The weather was sunny and a bit cool, so pretty comfortable while you are hauling Boone around and hiking up hills. There weren't a ton of other people there, but you could tell that there were lots of people there doing their morning workouts. Everyone was climbing up and down the stairs. If I lived closer, it would be a fun place to go every once in awhile to do something different than normal running.

After we checked out the actual amphitheater, we took one of their short hikes around the area. It was a fun morning, and a neat place to check out. I'd love to actually see a concert there, but from what I can tell, the tickets for shows there are hard to come by.

After our hike, we went to lunch and went and checked out Golden for a bit. Then we picked up skis for John to use the next day when we all went skiing.

 

Overlooking the actual seating area

 

 Uncle John had the task of carrying around Boone. It is harder than it looks. And Boone looks really tired! Ha!

 

At the top of the seats. You can see some people running the steps in the background.

 

More beautiful scenery.

 

On the hike.

 

Tired and almost done. You can barely see Boone in this shot.

One more beautiful shot. 

A really pretty place and definitely worth the short trip out of Denver.

 

Had to get a picture in front of the big sign in Golden.

 

 On the ski lift the next day! It was a cold day of skiing, but it was fun to ski with John. 

After church on Sunday, we had just enough time to enjoy the sun and beautiful weather with a picnic at the park. I think Boone really enjoyed having his Uncle John around for a few days. 

We love having so many people up to visit us and see the beauty that we are blessed to live near!

Weekend at Breckenridge

A few weeks after we moved to Colorado, our friend Brett and his girlfriend Casey made plans to come up and visit. We decided to go up to Breckenridge for a few days and ski! We had great weather and skiing and such a fun time with friends! On our last evening up in the mountains, we decided to do something different and try a fondue restaurant! It really wasn't an ideal place for Boone, but the waiters and owners were so nice to us. They even took him off our hands a few times and walked him around the restaurant (don't worry... it was a small place and we could see them the entire time!)

Here's a few pictures of our weekend!

Jeff on the slopes

Brett and Casey at lunch

The Robertsons!

Oh... did I mention these two are engaged now?! Congrats Casey and Brett!

My guys! Love these two so much!

Kisses!

In the middle of dinner! It was delicious! Casey and Brett were sweet enough to treat us to dinner for our anniversary that night. Totally unexpected and we were so grateful!

Our waiter trying to entertain Boone! They were so great to us!

My friend Melissa, that I grew up with in church, lives about 15 minutes 

from Breckenridge, so she met us at the end of dinner! It was so great to see her! 

Hopefully we will see her again soon!

It was such a fun weekend up in Breckenridge! We are so blessed to have friends to come see us!