Chase & I just got back from a 2,155 mile trip to New Mexico, Colorado and back to Texas! It was the start of all our travels over the next 3 months.

We spent 2 weeks in Colorado Springs (with a trip to Denver in between- post on this later) at a language acquisition training course. It was a course that taught us different techniques on how to learn another language. I enjoyed the course for a few reasons: the instructors were great (have an amazing life that God used in mighty ways), the people we met were super encouraging, and I am now actually excited about learning Arabic! For a while now I have been excited about the idea of going back to school and being able to do it with Chase, but not so excited about actually learning Arabic- when I thought about it, it seemed too difficult and almost impossible, however, after this course I have discovered that it IS in fact possible and that I am super excited about learning it. It still isn’t going to be easy and I am sure there will be lots of tears, but I hope there will be more laughter than crying and that whenever I get discouraged I hope that I can look back at this past two weeks and remember that I can do.

Here are some pictures from the gorgeous fall that was already in Colorado– which I am missing now that we are back in Texas.

more pictures & stories from our trip to come…

outside our training facility

Garden of the gods.. always have to "get our guns up!"

gorgeous FALL colors & leaves