Estes Park, Colorado

Every two years we have a Family Reunion for my side of the family. This year my sister was in charge and she hosted it in Colorado. We decided to drive out a couple of days early so we could spend even more time with family. My sister has been wanting to show me this cute little mountain town, so we headed up into the mountains. There was a river walk trail that we decided to explore. Here is our crew.

We walked along the river until we found a spot to stop and play. The water was freezing, but they didn't seem to mind.

 

 

After we played in the river we decided to take a tram up to the top of the mountain where we were told we could feed some chipmunks.

Beach Camping

Every year we go beach camping with Steve's family. It is a family tradition that we love and look forward to every summer. One of our favorite things to do is wake up early and walk down to the tide pools. This year the tide was unusually low, so many different rocks were uncovered. We enjoyed hunting for treasures. We found starfish, sand dollars, crabs and many beautiful shells.

 

Aunt Tami helped S find many treasures, the favorite was the sand dollar.

 

 

 

 

Our girls love the beach. They spent most of their days playing in the sand and waves with cousins.

 

 

 

 Our evenings were spent climbing trees and roasting marshmallows by the fire.