Sweet Caroline: Colorado Trip

We recently went to Colorado. We stayed at a cabin in Estes Park. The people rent it out part time and live in it part time. When we got there the lady seemed shocked by the number of children. We showed her the paper she sent to us that she had put 4 adults and 4 children. She then made a huge deal of no shoes in the house and how the furniture is all antique that must be treated delicately. The house was not even close to baby proof, so while she was giving us a tour we were having to watch hands very carefully. When the lady left, we moved pretty much everything in grasp and everything went wonderfully! The grounds were big and there were rocks to climb on. We saw deer, elk, rabbits, squirrel, chipmunk and birds out the window! It was within walking distance of downtown, which was awesome. The kids were very worn out at the end of every day!

Outside the children's museum in Denver

Driving a boat

Caroline the firewoman

Maison and Daegan as firemen

Driving the firetruck

Snuggling with Bryan

Eme crawling

Playing vet

Meadow full of elk

Stopping on Trail Ridge Road

All the elk were shedding

Mike in front of the never summer mountains- 35 degrees!

Sweet girl on Trail Ridge Road

Frozen Bear Lake

For anyone that has been here before, this is the trail around bear lake. The other times I have been here it has been wheelchair accessable. There were places you couldn't even see the trail. I could not believe how much snow was there and that it melts so quickly.

Hike to Alberto Falls-about 3.4 miles round trip, not near as much snow as later though!

Alberto Falls

Snacking after the hike

Elk outside our cabin

Unfortunately Mike got sick while we were there and spent an entire day in bed. That day we went to the little amusement park.

Giant Slide. Caroline going down with Bryan. She was not a fan. Neither was I! Bryan took Daegan and I took Maison and the boys loved it, but I hated it!

Bumper cars-Bryan and Maison vs Jenne and Daegan. Daegan loved it, but Maison wasn't so sure.

Go-Karts

Bumper boats-Bryan and Maison and Daegan and Jenne. WE had to wait for a huge group of teenagers to move on because there were squirters on the front and they were rowdy!

Mini golf was hilarious! Daegan did well, Maison kept throwing his ball into the water/bushes and Caroline would not let go of her ball so she just ran the 18 holes!

Inside the jumper

Couldn't hit the Rocky Mountain National Park trails without a bootie tree pic!

All the lakes were still very frozen

Nymph Lake

Beautiful View! Pictures never do justice!

Hiking from Bear Lake to Emerald Lake. There was so much snow that sometimes you could not tell which way the trail went. There were two or three times that we really considered turning around and not going on. Mike was such a stud carrying Caroline. I on the other hand had so much fun, but am clumsy! Mike told me I looked like a giraffe on ice and fell a few times getting my bootie very wet from the snow, elbow banged up and hands muddy. I however did NOT drop my awesome new camera (grad present from Mike).