Colorado

 At the end of August into September we went on a vacation to Colorado.   

We were able to use points to fly, so that was fun. The kids loved the airplanes and did great.

looking out over the clouds

We stayed in a small Airbnb in Fraser and took day trips from their.

beautiful lake in the mountain. 

:)

They would have been soaking if we let them.

picnic time

We took an easy hike to Adams Falls

Cheeeese

And then we attempted to hike Monarch Lake. It was rainy and very chilly. So we decided to try again another day. 

One morning we drove to Georgetown and took a little train ride. 

They started out pretty nervous 

They warmed up...

All this boy wanted to do was climb rocks

hehehe

We went in to the Rocky Mountain National Park a few days.  We took the Coyote Valley trail.  It was a beautiful flat little hike. We decided to turn around early though... Later to find out that at the end of the trail there was a herd of Elk.  Sigh.

Trail Ridge Road.

Mountains

little explorer

Yet another hike on another day: Lily Lake

Wild Basin:

:)

playing in the water

I could spend all day sitting by a waterfall

We spent a few nights at Troy and Ellie's. It was so great to be together with them again.  Ellie and the boys joined us on a hike one morning. We went back to Monarch lake and had much better weather to finish the whole thing. :)

mountain rivers are seriously the best

:)

Gideon and Aurelia did so good hiking. They had more energy than I could ever imagine. 

views like these...

And then we said goodbye and flew back to Indiana. 

We had a wonderful trip. The kids loved the mountains and did great hiking.   They still talk about the mountains, so I think it was a success.  :)

In Christ 

~Michelle