Our last day in Colorado Springs we went to the Focus on the Family Welcome Center. We had so much fun! They had a 4-story slide that the boys enjoyed. And I ran into a homeschooled kid who was working at the soda shop by choice. Her homeschooled sister and brother had all kinds of college degrees, but she was finding herself and hanging out at a J.O.B. for a while, which is admirable. We don't all want to go to college, people! Nor do we need to. So all you haters out there who wonder how Aron and I can afford to pay for college for our growing brood, you can bite me. Each of our kids has a savings account, thank you very much, and they will continue to add to it not only from current chores, but also in the future when they are babysitting and mowing lawns. Then they can use it for college or to start a business or whatever.
We had a fun time there and then dropped some serious cash at the bookstore. Really, when do I EVER shop? Let me have my fun buying Adventures in Odyssey CDs and books like Dobson's new Bringing Up Girls.
P.S. Happy birthday to my god-daughter, who I know doesn't read this blog (she's smart!), but I want her to know I'm always thinking of her on her birthday and that I love her very much. She is one cool kid.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
One More Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Pic
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Highest Ferris Wheel in the World at North Pole in Colorado Springs
Thursday, September 23, 2010
The North Pole in Colorado Springs
(above) Ah, Michael, my little reindeer pulling our sleigh. He's just such a wonderfully quirky breath of fresh air. So literal and so funny.
(right) A nursing pit stop. Notice how matchy-matchy Sam and I are in our patriotic colors and chunky legs?!
This is the ride that broke the camel's puking button, or something like that. This thing went round and round and round. Then stopped. Then went backwards round and round and round. Callie rode this 100 times. I rode it once and wanted to hurl into a trash can. Of course, the Tilt-a-Whirl with Joel before this ride probably didn't help.
(right) A nursing pit stop. Notice how matchy-matchy Sam and I are in our patriotic colors and chunky legs?!
This is the ride that broke the camel's puking button, or something like that. This thing went round and round and round. Then stopped. Then went backwards round and round and round. Callie rode this 100 times. I rode it once and wanted to hurl into a trash can. Of course, the Tilt-a-Whirl with Joel before this ride probably didn't help.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Kids and Coffee/Coffee Ice Cream ... Santa's Workshop in Colorado 2010

So I'm thinking you respect this about my family and I'll respect the fact that if I sneak your kid one Junior Mint he will bounce off my walls for 30 minutes. Basically, we're all different, huh?
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Embassy Suites in Colorado Springs 2010 Travel with Kids
This concludes the hotel portion of Postcards from the McLoughlins. Not sure where we're heading tomorrow, but it'll be a good time.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado 2010
This is Michael feeding a giraffe a "biscuit" ... more like a graham cracker/Triscuit mixture ... you get 3 for a dollar. I dropped a bunch of dollars there. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs is so awesomely cool. And if I may put in a plug for homeschooling, the place wasn't busy at all because we went at the start of September.
I should start a website called Zoo Review and travel to every zoo in the world and review them all. I'll do whatever it takes to raise the money for this project, and that includes selling my husband's tools and his boat and his canning supplies and his shiny new red truck.
I should start a website called Zoo Review and travel to every zoo in the world and review them all. I'll do whatever it takes to raise the money for this project, and that includes selling my husband's tools and his boat and his canning supplies and his shiny new red truck.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Didn't go to the NICU Reunion 2010
Then again, maybe not. It was such a traumatic time in my life that my heart still bears the hurt from it. I feel blessed that we did not lose Sam, but it was still a very scary time. I don't know that I want to go see his nurses. I sent them our family Christmas letter and a picture of our family last year and will probably do the same again this year. I want them to know how much they are appreciated, these people who cared for my infant in the middle of the night and during the day when I was recovering from my own infection and caring for my other 4 children.
Thank you, staff of Overland Park Regional Medical Center NICU. Without your unceasing care, we might not have a happy, sweet, precious, almost-one-year-old around today. He sleeps next to his mama every night and nurses whenever he wants. He had his first Dum-Dum sucker the other day (no teeth yet to rot out!).
(This picture taken last week at Rocky Mountain National Park before a hike!)
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