Picnics and Planes

Right now I'm sitting down to blog about our day and Caroline has never seemed more like Jim Branch's daughter as she has today. They share a really cute/obnoxious habit of making play on words during regular converstaion. Examples of some of hers from today will be included.
So, we woke up this morning with the same excitement as yesterday because we have a car! After eating breakfast and planning out our day we began driving to our first destination, Evergreen Cemetary. Before leaving Raleigh, Mamo gave us directions to her parents gravestones which are conveniently in the heart of Colorado Springs. We found our great grandparents graves, wiped them off a little and took some pictures. The cemetary was so beautiful with snow covered Pikes Peak in view at all times, so we set up a picnic and ate lunch under a tree. We've made our own meals ever since we bought groceries and I'm proud to say, I haven't eaten a single french fry in Colorado.
(Example: During our picnic, Caroline was looking around at the family names on the gravestones and came across a really big one with the name Case. There was a lot of room for names to be added under it, to which Caroline said "Oh, I guess that's just in Case.")
After leaving the cemetary, we drove about 15 minutes to the Air Force Academy. This was really fun for Caroline especially because she was able to compare it to the Naval Academy. When we pulled up to the entrance we were asked for our licenses and to pop the trunk. The guards let us go, but as we drove away, they started laughing. We thought that was a little weird but later found out that Hunter's car had an axe in the back, oops. The Air Force Academy is huge! We drove through campus taking pictures of the beautiful scenery and planes on display. There wasn't much more to it, but we had fun exploring none the less.
While we were out and about, we made a run to Target. Caroline got to look through the cute summer clothes while I spent my time in the Hosiery section with an older woman talking to herself about the difference between "beige" and "nude". With this purchase behind me, I think I'm all ready for work to start tomorrow. We're both a little nervous about what tomorrow will be like, me at work from 8-5 and Caroline by her lonesome. We'll let you know how it turns out!

By the way, today there was a consistent gathering of 5-8 deer right outside of our house. This prompted Caroline to say, "The title of today's blog should be Oh, Dear" harharhar