Morgan takes on Colorado

This is a long overdue post! Many months ago, Morgan and her bestie, Emma, spent the entire day creating a power point presentation to inspire us to ‘say yes’ to traveling to Denver, CO to see a Justin Bieber concert. They did a fabulous job which left us all wondering why they don’t put that amount of effort into everyday tasks, such as cleaning their rooms, putting their shoes away, and getting A’s on every test. Nevertheless, we did say yes and these sweet girls spent every moment excited for this trip. They made t-shirts and signs and went shopping for new outfits.

This was a daddy daughter trip so they made these shirts for the dads…the “sassy dad squad” as they are called. It’s a long story, but Brian and Chris were called “sassy” by Morgan & Emma’s science teacher one time, so they will forever be called the “sassy dads.” Glitter and all, these dads were prepared to wear these shirts proudly as they sat in the rafters and the girls secured better seats.

Here’s where the story takes a turn. As our family was cruising the Caribbean and enjoying being out in the middle of the ocean with little to no access to cell service, we became aware that JB had gone off the deep-end (no pun intended) and cancelled the remainder of the tour. We tried to shield this information from Morgan so as to not ruin her mood and the rest of her vacay, but the word managed to get to her anyway. NOOOOO!! Are you kidding me!? These girls had worked so hard and they were so excited, it literally took over their entire summer! This was to be their 14th birthday celebration! Stupid JB. Pull it together, will you!? He only had a few dates left to perform and Denver, CO was one of them.

Fast forward to August 10th, and these cute girls decided to make the best of it. They boarded a plane to Denver with their sassy dads, null & void concert tickets, posters left in KC, and JB t-shirts in the pajama drawer.Before you feel too badly for them, just wait until you see what they did instead! They had the most amazing trip ever! They used that ticket refund money to go zip-lining and white water rafting in the Royal Gorge. Let’s just say the dads totally scored on JB’s mental breakdown!

Unfortunately, I wasn’t there, so I cannot recount all of the fun stories or provide much commentary but I can share the pictures I have!

One thing I know for sure is this is the perfect group to go on an adventurous weekend in Colorado!Morgan is fearless! MoMo, I love your sense of adventure and your willingness to try new things. You rock!

And then there’s the dads…acting sassy of course!

Are you kidding!? They jumped down from this!?

This crew really loved the rafting. They had a good group and an amazing guide that let them do a few extras that other guides didn’t. He must have sensed they were ready for adventure!Doesn’t that look super fun!? You will never catch me on a zip line but maybe I would do the rafting 😉 Thank goodness the mom’s weren’t in charge!