Colorado Flashback

It's been about a month since the kids and I left Colorado to be with Max, but I wanted to share some photos with friends and family of our time there. We were in Colorado for a month (Max was there two weeks for vacation) between our moves from the Pentagon (and our home in Virginia) to Oklahoma (a training time for Max, about 4 months), and finally to Kansas, where we will be in December, for about three years.
We sold our townhouse in Virginia and made a good profit on it, thanks to God and His guidance and provision. We had it on the market for two months, which was a long time for that area in a hot housing market. It was tough keeping the house in showing condition with two young ones running around and it was especially stressful to have to leave it clean, neat and in showing condition every time we left the house.
We got through it and learned a lot from it, such as more efficient ways of keeping a house clean, that it is possible to keep it clean, even with two kids and a lot of hobbies between Max and I, especially if you "clean as you go." I wouldn't want to give up the clean house thing, but I definitely won't miss having to rush around, ignoring the kids to get the house clean before we leave the house or the "we're coming to see your house in 10 minutes" phone calls from realtors (although just the fact that they wanted to see our place was kind of exciting). Max and I also learned a bunch about selling a house, chosing realtors or not having one at all, and the timing of puting a house on the market.
Anyway, it was a great wind-down time in Colorado, especially since we sold our house the day we had completely moved out and it was empty. That made the four-day drive from Virginia to South Carolina (visiting great-grandparents, Nana and Oompa) to Colorado a little more interesting and our time in Colorado even more relaxing. It was great to see family. We got to see Max's brother and sister in law, Justin and Alison, as we passed through Kansas City, and we got to see a good amount of his other brother and sister-in-law, Eli and Cami in Colorado. The kids especially had fun with their Gramma Shell and Granddude. Gramma Shell and JB have a special bond since they have been together at different times a lot over the past 2.5 years and they both love ranch/farm animals. Gloria took a serious liking to her Granddude and he spoiled her like a good Granddude should. We had a great, relaxing time in Monument, Colorado (like we always do) with the beautiful mountains and wonderful family and we are looking forward to going back!