Most of August

Well the travel log continues. . . If you are tired of reading about our hikes, bikes, and drives imagine how tired I am of packing, unpacking, doing laundry etc. But totally worth it to make all these memories with our kids before they are busy with sports and friends!

A day trip to Glenwood springs is where this trip is going. . .

and a hike to hanging lake. We hit up the huge natural hot spring swim pool when we were done!

Some resting hikers we stumbled upon :)

You know it's a popular trail when they have benches along the way. Which was really nice since we forgot the baby hiking backpack for Luke.

We went with Spencer to Rock Springs Wyoming. He goes there once a month to work so we tagged along this time. We had 2 days to fill our time while dad worked. Let me tell ya there isn't much to do in Rock Springs Wyoming at least that we could find. But we did have a little surprise for Dad after work one day when we had gone to the mall and Sofie suddenly decided to get her ears pierced! She was so brave she didn't even cry, flinch anything!

There they are, the little beauties! And I am not talking about the lips lined with leftover whopper from the movie we went to!

After Wyoming we headed up to the cabin in Island Park Idaho. It was a Blast. My sister Kathi's family met us up there as well as Kami and her family, Kelsi and Jordan (Spencer's siblings) and Grandma Jaylene and Grandpa Evan. The funny thing is I didn't even get a picture of what we did most. Play in/ at the lake. I think I was worried about the camera getting dirty.

Funny little Boston.

Asleep at last. The cousins stayed up so late at the cabin. I am not sure how I caught them sleeping on camera.

The lack of sleep caught up with her on the ride home!

Once we got back, it was back to the grind. Here is Sofie on her first day of School!

So the next weekend was a trip to Breckenridge to watch the USA Pro cycling race. Once again way cooler than I initially thought it would be. All the big names that raced the Tour de France where racing. Andy Schleck, Levi Liveheimer, Cadel Evans. . . We went early to get a good spot and it was funny there are so many cars and motor bikes before the bikers came we kept thinking they were almost here and then is would just be another round of cars and motorbikes.

That didn't keep this little on looker from having fun!


Or this one either. . . What? . . . There were lots of crazies dressed up. Just like the Tour De France.

Finally they came rushing around the corner. At one time the announcer said they were going 64 MPH when they were coming down the mountain, and on these tiny little tubes of air with only inches separating them from other riders. . . and Death! SCARY!

Aghh precious! Mother and daughter in the wild flowers.

Family snapshot in the mountains of Breckenridge.

Finishing it off with a dancing duo.