Our Amazing Summer!

We had one of the best summer ever. We stayed very busy and loved everything we did. We started our summer taking a trip to Colorado to visit my sister and her family. We had so much fun and saw a lot of Colorado.


We went to the top of Pikes Peak! Over 14000 feet high. The drive up was pretty scary. Once up there it didn't take long for me to feel the effects of being so high up. It's hard to breath up there and I began to feel like crap but it was cool.


We went to Leadville which was a cool little town. We decided to paint pottery which was pretty fun. Here is Katelyn with her plate she painted.

After pottery we went to eat lunch at this restaurant in town. It was yummy.


This was us on the Fourth of July. It was 47 degrees and we were drinking hot chocolate wrapped up in blankets but the fireworks were great!

Only a few days after returning from Colorado we went to Washington DC to attend Justin and Ashley's Wedding. We went up a few days earlier so we could do come site seeing.

Here I am standing in front of Julia Childs kitchen. Too cool.

The main reason for going to Washington DC, Justin got married. Drew and Justin are best friends. Matt and Jaimie also came up so the three best friends were able to share in the special day.

At the end of July the youth of our church attended a Trek to get the experience of what the pioneers went through. I only lasted the first day and Drew got the worst blisters I believe anyone had ever seen. We were put into families and me and Drew were grandparents. They pulled hand carts around 20 miles through different areas.

Our Family working together to get over a log in the path.



Team Building Experience! They all stood on the tarp and had to turn it over without anyone stepping off.

Me and Ashley taking a break at the living farm. We were hot and tired. I was glad Ashley and Justin went too. It was nice to spend time together.

What a great summer we had! Lots of experiences that we wouldn't change for the world.