Ponds in the House

 I feel complete when the Utah Ponds are here. They got to stay with us for 5 short nights.

 We tried to whoa them with kids camp at church:)

 the union bowling alley

 varsity donuts

 discovery center water park

wish I would have taken a picture of this bum

 even found a sitter for date night at Taco Lucha!;)

 game nights are a must of course,

 sacrificed nap time

  took my first trip to the city pool

 Riley County Fair,

Kingston got lots of attention from Stellie Bean

It would sure make our family vacas easier to plan and my children happier, if you brought your family here:) Im sure the little apple needs a chemical engineer for something!

Mills Lake

From Alberta Falls, we hiked with the oldest boys up to Mills Lake & 

we joked this was the supplemental nursing system

We found this elk along the trail around the lake all by its lonesome,  so fun!

Since Roe wasn't with us, I had to do bust out the handstand for her, my form needs work, but the rock was not flat either!

 We can move mountains:)

 BEAUTIFUL!!! (elk bottom in background)

Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn

 The water was so clear and cold, but refreshing for sure. We found some bikinis up here too, not pictured...

Levi & Xander attempted some handstands as well. 

Kings Staycation

Kingston had his own vacation on the farm, I don't think it was quite a vacation for Grandpa & Grandma:) He was too busy riding the tractor, the 4 wheeler, & the skid loader to talk to his mom. Vacation couldn't be complete without one getting sick, poor Grandma had to deal with a puking babe in her car & her bed.

Alberta Falls

 Alberta Falls, a must if you go to Estes, a little more than a half mile up and completely gorgeous!

 I love these 2 little explorers!

 stronger than I thought:)

 to infinity and beyond!

the water is so cool and refreshing, rocks are definitely slippery when wet!

Bierstadt or Bust

The hike to Bierstadt Lake was one of the best for me, we were by ourselves for a lot of the hike and made it a little adventurous. It was beautiful and shaded on the way up and Sarah was back on the trails after being under the weather the day before. 

 It's all about finding the perfect walking stick:)

 Bierstadt Lake was beautiful and we had a picnic area to ourselves on the lake, with no leeches to be found.

We did a switchback down the mountain, it was a narrow path with gorgeous views.

It got a little toasty on the way down our water backpack (aka bladder) ran out of water.

A hiking we will go, day 2

 2nd day in RMNP we did a more popular hike up to Bear Lake, full of leeches that Levi found for us, & Nymph Lake (pic above)

 Next stop Dream lake, handstand on a log:)

 Emerald Lake, Jude was having a breakdown so not pictured, b/c he couldn't find 2 ant sized mountain climbers towards the tip of the tallest mountain peak, yikes!

 see the mountain peak above these guys?

Trav found these climbers on it that seriously looked like ants, it was a little unbelievable, can you spot them above? one has a reddish and one has a blue shirt, towards the middle.

 J is for Jude

 King and Queen of the mountain