A few more mountains

I had to repost this one because of spam comments. Sorry, but in order for me to stop it I am moderating the comments.


Snow & ice












This was hiking up the mountain...





Over look

Mountains

These first 5 pictures were taking from within the Rocky Mountain National Forest. For the most part these pictures are not in any specific order. I will be showing these first and then our family on vacation with short stories. It was so serene while we were there, the pictures I took, plus other pictures that I haven't taken with my camera do not have the same effect on you as seeing in person. Pictures do not give justice to these mountains. God certainly had fun creating earth and when you are there standing on the mountain all you can do is worship God and stand in awe of Him.








Snapped while driving....



Isn't just gorgeous even when it's about to rain :)






This is the road we took into Estes Park...

A small portion of God's beauty

The beginning of our trip! There was NOTHING for miles and miles! My kids did great and I only had one heart breaking moment when Michael was at the end of his wits once we reached Estes Park he was crying so hard his voice was vibrating and he had never cried like that before. I begged Jason to just pull over so I could soothe him because I was about to cry myself!! The tears were coming, my heart was aching and I could shed tears now just remembering what he sounded like! He was so tired! A 15 hour drive took 18 hours to get there. The ride home was much better for him and we stopped a lot more for him but it took us 24 hours to get back home.......not kidding! He was happy to have mommie sit next to him the whole way home!


Now, c'mon, you know you want one of these below lol and you all know how little hole-in-the-wall car dealerships look like? Well, we passed dealerships that didn't have any cars but TRACTORS.....I guess that's what they drive around in because there is nothings else for miles, not even a gas station! Nothing but Farm Land!
And maybe you would like one of these electric windmill farms lol
This picture of "Amber Waves Of Grain" didn't quite come out since I was in the back seat next to M with tinted windows ;p....lol we thought it was funny, especially when Amber finally got it lol

What? Ya want more? lol .....okay



This was a good sign we were getting closer!



It was really hard to take pix from the back seat!
I promise I have A LOT MORE TO COME!

Michael packing

Here is the picture I told you about in the previous post about Michael trying to help with packing. Also, his big sister Alyssa got tired of him getting in the way while they were cleaning so she trapped him in the laundry basket. He didn't make a peep until he saw me while I was sweeping the kitchen floor and looked down the hall way only to find what I thought was funny! I did have a talk with Alyssa about not trapping her brother inside of things and thanked her for picking one with holes for him to breath ;) She found a solution to her problem......Smart little girl lol

Leaving Tonight and Almost Ready!

Now this is much better than Hurricane Amber and Alyssa lol . I took the opportunity to show them how to pack better and more organized especially since the are so eager. It was a really good teaching moment. Last night we were testing out the rack Jason borrowed and hooked up to the back of the van to store some of the luggage. He came inside while I was working on some laundry he said "Hey, you wanna get hitched again?" I turned around with a confused smile on my face and he was holding the "hitch" thingy in his hand LOL.......then later he was watching me pack/reorganize a couple of things and said "Okay, you are not taking that Dan", then a couple seconds later he tried to take something else away and I said "No", and his response was "Oaky, Dan".........hmm LOL (Dan is Jason's father's name) I guess I am resembling his dad so I looked at Jason and said "Thanks! I take that as a compliment" and he laughed ;p


You all Really didn't think I was going camping and have no way of drinking coffee did you??! LOL I bought instant coffee! I even bought a little Tea Kettle to boil the water on the camp stove that we are borrowing!
Ah.....the tote of yummy goodness lol
Our supplies which we ended up taking out of the tote and putting in an old tent duffel bag since we bought a new tent. It works better.
This is better than what the living room was....that's for sure! The Red Baby carrier comes from our next door neighbor so we can go hiking when we get there! How sweet! I was looking for one but they are expensive.......so the Lord blessed us with borrowing one!
Now......See the RED COOLER to the Right? Well.....I got a picture of Michael taking Movies out of the the movie case and putting them in the Red Cooler. He was helping us pack LOL..... the cooler was opened from when I put drinks in it. I can't upload the picture just yet because apparently my camera cord can be used for ipods as well..........Jason STOLE my camera cord! I knew about it this morning once I saw it was gone, however, I looked EVERYWHERE yesterday for my camera cord in confusion because I knew for a fact I had put it in the camera bag. I was looking ALL DAY lol I asked the kids if they had seen it and they had no idea so finally I asked Jason once he woke from his nap if he had seen it and sure enough the boy took my cord ;p I said all that to say, I will post the picture when I get my cord back from my hubby boo ;p