Picking Corn and Sandhill Plums

After we got back from vacation Grandpa said we'd better hurry up and pick some sweet corn before it was too late so we got up one morning to do it.















We got a lot! You don't even realize how much until you start shucking it! We ended up eating quite a bit but we also froze a lot which is great in the winter!

Later in the week Jemma and I went with Grandma and Grandpa to pick sandhill plums. Sandhill plum jelly is the best and we live in a small area that grows them and knows how awesome it is!




Picking plums is a lot different that corn. You constantly have to watch for snakes (yuck!) and it takes what seems like for every to fill a bucket as opposed to corn. You don't have to fill a whole bucket to get a lot of jelly though. And you have to watch for thorns. It has been a long time since I've picked plums and I forgot how much it is NOT fun! Oh well, can't wait for the jelly!

Colorado Springs Vacation 2014: Our Hotel and Other Miscellaneous

I looked online at a lot of hotels and even booked one but then I found The Academy Hotel and changed my booking. We loved our hotel and had a great room down the hall from the pool. I would definitely stay there again with kids. It had a great atrium where you could either sit and eat in their restaurant, sit by the fire, or swim.

Chilling by the fire before a swim.


Getting along for now.






Swimming!






















Hot tub outside.


There was also a small game room downstairs behind the pool with a ping pong table and some other stuff.




Eating at the restaurant.


Blake was setting the kids put to play Wii while we waited for our food.




Donut run Mommy made one morning. They had an awesome breakfast buffet every morning that came complimentary with our package. I didn't get any pictures of it though.


Yogurt run one night. Yum!




And that concludes our vacation. We had a blast and can't wait to do it again! Or maybe go somewhere tropical!!!

Colorado Springs Vacation 2014: Manitou Springs

On our way back from the North Pole we stopped in at Manitou Springs. It's just a nice area in the mountains. We went to an area that had a lot of shopping and went to a place I had found online called the Penny Arcade. It was really hard to find at first. It was down an alley but it was pretty neat.



It was completely full of arcade games and most of them pretty old. They were more than a penny but still pretty cheap.










This looked like one my Dad would have played.
























The street in Manitou Springs.