Palmer Park & A Slick Deal

It was a GORGEOUS day in Colorado Springs this Saturday. 70 degrees! The weather out here has been incredible for winter. Very crazy indeed. I'm sure sooner or later we will get a snow storm and the dream weather will end...but we are enjoying the mild winter to say the least! Matt and I decided to go to Palmer Park for a little while to walk the trails. You can see in this picture from our car that there is still definitely snow on Pike's Peak...just not in the Springs!
Matt checked out the trail map before we decided which direction to go. Palmer Park is great because it is right in the middle of Colorado Springs, yet it feels like you are in the middle of nowhere. It is a great place to go bike riding too. We have both gone biking with Uncle Jerry & Aunt Kathy here on different occasions, but have not gone together since we have moved out!

The majority of the people that were there had dogs they were walking with. They have a dog park here as well. I can't believe how well behaved people's dogs were. Most of them were walking without leashes. I can just imagine taking Chance without a leash (our golden retriever at home in PA). Ha ha. That would never work! This is a great place to have a dog though. Chance would love romping around on the paths and in the parks in the Springs.

Here's another shot of the mountains...my camera never does God's handiwork justice!

So, my family members are big fans of Slick Deals. If you haven't checked it out...you need to! Mom told me about a coupon that was at Slick Deals for a free Thomas & Friends train at ToysRUs. Since they don't live close to one in PA, she figured she would give us a heads up in case we were out shopping. Well, Matt stopped at the store after work this morning to pick one up. He called me because there were 3 train options that were free and we weren't sure which trains Colin already had. The best deal was Light & Sound Percy that was regularly priced for $17.99 and of course for us, would be free! After chatting with mom who thought Colin already had Percy, Matt decides to go with Sir Handel. On the way out of the store, he handed another family with a little boy, an extra coupon we had printed. There were thrilled!

Then I get a call back from Age and she tells me Colin does not in fact have Percy! Oh dear. I knew Matt would be bummed but of course, Age assured us Colin is happy with any new toy. Such a cute and easy to please child :) He really is. But of course, when I relay this message to Matt (at this point, he is 3 minutes from home) he informs me that his nephew should have Percy as well, tells me to print another coupon and he will swing by the apartment "swoop me up" (his words, not mine!) and we will race back to the store before they are all gone! After all, he says, "it's a beautiful day for a drive!" So we do indeed make it in time to get the Percy Light & Sound as well, hand out another free coupon to a delighted mom and little boy and head home... feeling very pleased with the $30 worth of merchandise we obtained for nothing for our dear little nephew! Here's some pics of the wooden toy trains:

Colin: You are so very loved! Your uncle wanted to buy you everything in the store at ToysRUs.
Oh dear! I can only imagine what it will be like when we have children of our own! :)