Great American Beer Festival

Thursday Scott and I went to the Great American Beer Festival. It was a lot of fun. There were over 400 breweries offering 1,884 different beers to try. You got a little plastic glass to sample as many beers as you want (or can). Many people came wearing strings of pretzels around their necks to nibble on during the festival. The festival is still going on, but Scott and I only went the one day. We're already talking about possibly going again next year.


Scott and I enjoying the VIP room of Draft Magazine (we also won Draft hats).


Me, with the festival stretching out behind me.


Scott showing off his sample glass.


No explanation needed.

More festival pictures are available at the festival website here.

Pike's Peak

Today, Scott and I drove to Colorado Springs and took the Cog Railway train up to the top of Pike's Peak. The peak is 14,110 feet up and, let me tell you, I could feel it. I was totally dizzy and light-headed. And the temperature at the top was about 30 degrees colder than at the bottom. It was wacky. Here are a few pictures (I'm not using Photoshop to resize so hopefully they will look ok)...


Me in front of the altitude sign proving how high up I was.


Scott and I with our train in the background.


One more of me on the peak (and, yes, that is my Shell Family jacket from the Alaska cruise)


One of the old cog trains.

Tomorrow we're going to the Great American Beer Festival so I'll try to post some pictures from that Friday morning.

Henry turns 2!

Friends Kerry and Val hosted a birthday bash for their son, Henry. Here's a shot of Jack making sure Henry knows how to play with his cars (just in case he didn't know already).



Audrey was in attendance.



And yes, there was cake!

Yorktown fun

On a HOT HOT day, there's nothing like a trip to the mall. Jackson loved the train - he rode 6 times! And it was fun to see his friend Mason again, and Mason's mom, Rene. We took a break at Ed Debevics. The boys enjoyed the silly and obnoxious wait staff, especially when they all got up on the tables and danced to "Car Wash".