Colorado Vacation Day 2

Today we took a trip to Rock Mountain National Park.  

We lest the foothills of Denver and 

headed to the mountains.

 We stopped to take a picture of a sign and found tons of chipmunks hanging out in the rocks.  This little guy was enjoying a chip.  Yes, I know you shouldn't feed them.  But the chip was thrown before I could stop the culprit.

 We stopped at a lake so Michael could get in some fishing and I could relax in my hammock.

 I had some great views from my hammock.  I take this hammock where ever we travel.  It smooshes down into that tiny bag in the picture.  All I need are two trees and I am a happy girl.

Michael enjoying the cool waters!

 We made it to the national park. 

 We have visited here before, 

but the Trail Ridge Road was closed due 

to snowfall.  So we came back in warmer 

weather to drive the entire road!  

 As we entered the park, we saw cars parked on the side of the road.  We knew that meant a wildlife sighting.  It was an elk.  He was a big guy!  Look at that rack!

Then the sunshine went away and the clouds rolled in.  It happened so fast, so we climbed in our car and hoped it would blow over as fast as it blew in.

We drove to the top of the mountains in the pouring rain.  At the top the rain slowed down to a drizzle so we got out at an overlook area. 
As you can see we are above the tree line.  We saw a heard of elk down in the valley.

Flower?  Weed?

Since the rain seemed to settle down we were able to enjoy the stops along the road. 
Also the temperature up here was only 47 degrees, brrrrrrr.  It sure did beat the heat in Denver!  

 Next stop was at the Continental Divide.  

We stopped at this mountain lake to stretch our legs.

O' and fish for a bit too!

 Our next stop on the road was Lake Irene.  

This was a short trail around a lake.

Yes, he through his line into the water all around the lake. It was a beautiful little area.  So peaceful with the raindrops falling on the water.  

This little guy was grazing along the trail.  We didn't seem to bother him at all.

At the end of the lake was this awesome view of the valley.

 Next stop was the Coyote Valley Trail.  We had stopped here the last time we visited the park.  This is the are we saw our moose.  He wasn't hanging around the area, so can you guess what we did?????

Look closely.....

Yup, you could see the trout swimming in this stream.  He was finally successful in catching some fish.   

 The water was so cool and clear, beautiful!

 After having fun catching all the trout, we decided to call it a day and head back to Denver.  

 We saw a group of cars just down the road and you know was that means....... WILDLIFE! 

 We pulled over and there was a MOOSE grazing along the river we were just fishing in.

 He was pretty far away so my pictures are a bit blurry.  But it was neat to catch a glimpse of it.

You can read about and see the moose from our previous trip to the park, on my other post HERE

 As we were heading into town we saw these little Marmots.  

Well, that was a real fun day, even if it rained for the majority of it.  After living in Seattle we have learned to just embrace the weather and enjoy the day!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Colorado Vacation Day 1

We are back from our Colorado vacation.  

We had a couple hours to burn before meeting up with our son, so we did some touristy things in downtown Denver.  Our first stop was the big blue bear looking in the convention center.

 Then we went to the capital building.  It was under construction, which was disappointing.  Now I know how DC tourists feel when our monuments are being fixed.  Our mission was to stand on the 13th step of the capital.  At this point you are exactly one mile above sea level.

So up the steps we climbed!

 We arrived to the engraved step and took in the view!


We met up with our son and his fiance.  We ate at a great local restaurant.







Thanks for stopping by, 
I will share more of our adventure soon!

Wedding Week!

 It is wedding week in the scraproom.  I made the title page for Matthew's and Sarah's Wedding album.  This is one of my favorite photos of them on their special day.  

I love when I find the perfect paper for pictures.  When I found this carnival paper I knew exactly what I was going to us it for.  I love all these pictures! 

 Not sure why I printed all these dancing pictures, so I used my pocket pages to get them into the album fast!  

OK, now onto a new project I am working on.  I was digging through a box and I found the proofs from MY wedding.  Back in the day of film, photographers gave you a stack of pictures to look through and choose the ones you wanted to print.  All of those pictures are sealed in an album.  So I decided to make a fun smashbook from the leftover prints.

I began the album with two pictures of us as kids.  I can't believe I am sharing this online,ugh.  I look like such a dork.  It was the 70's and I bet I thought I looked fab!

Sorry for the blur, phone camera!

 Look at us, were in a glass!  Boy the technology was so awesome back then!

I don't think I have enough pictures to fill the book,  

so I am thinking I may add a few of my kids 

wedding pictures to this book also.  

Thanks for stopping by..............

Have a blessed day!

Smash and Splash

 Sorry I haven't been around lately, but I have been hanging out in our backyard a lot!  This past weekend, these lovely ladies came over for a visit.

We spent the day, scrapping/smashing and splashing!  It was good to see all my old friends from Recollections.  

I got a few pages finished in my smashbooks.

May and June have been busy with friends and church activities. 

  I took these pictures off of Facebook of my son and his fiance.  Yes, my son is getting married.  We are so excited for them.  They live out in Colorado and are taking advantage of all the wonderful sites and activities.  
They got engaged at the end of May and are planning to tie the knot next June.  Of course I had to make some fun pages about that special time.

I added this last page to my "Things I love" smashbook.  My childhood home is a special place.  I love to visit when ever I get a chance.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!