Seven Falls

After the Cliff Dwellings, it was on to visit Seven Falls



Unfortunately, I (Justin) had to work on Friday, so I drove down separately and arrived later that evening.

From having been at Seven Falls years ago, I do remember how spectacular the waterfalls are as they cascade down the mountain. It looks like Brianna had a lot of fun watching the water splash into the lake at the bottom.

She stayed with Grandma while the rest of the family hiked the steps all the way to the top.

Cliff Dwellings

In July we took a vacation to Colorado Springs with Roy, Martha, Sharon, Rich and Hannah.



The first stop was at the Native American Cliff Dwellings

There were some amazing Native American dancers performing for the crowd.

Their costumes were awesome, too! Check out this eagle dress!

Spending time over at Grandma and Grandpa's

Brianna loves playing over at Grandma and Grandpa Felix's. When Rachael or I have to be at church early on Sunday, we like to spend the night at their house since they live just 5 minutes away from church. It is always a joy to visit Grandma and Grandpa's and socialize too!



Brianna fit herself into a shoebox this particular Saturday evening and wanted daddy to push her around the room :-)

We also enjoy going to Beech park, which is right across the street from their house. Brianna always has fun swinging and playing on the boat-themed kids park.

She also loves putting on shoes and everyone had a good laugh when she came walking into the livingroom with Grandpa's shoes on her feet.

Three-Sisters Park in Evergreen

Near the end of June we took a quick drive up to Evergreen to hike around Three-Sisters open space park.



It was a beautiful mid-morning hike through the trees and boulders. We even came across this HUGE "Mario Brothers" mushroom that we just had to take a picture of. If I were Mario, I'm sure eating this thing would have made me twice as tall!

Brianna fell asleep on this hike too :-) I think her backpack must be pretty comfy.

She did wake up once we got to the top. We found a few high-mountain puddles to splash in too!

Hiking with Grandma and Grandpa

While on that same trip in early June, we also took a hike with Grandma and Grandpa to a secluded roaring waterfall



Brianna loves hiking, but she got tired quickly and slept through most of the hike :-)

The waterfall was gorgeous, but Brianna still managed to stay asleep even though the waterfall was rather loud.

She woke up very rested and very thirsty. We got her out of the backpack along the trail for a stretch and a few quick family snapshots.

Brianna's First Parade

While visiting Kremmling, Brianna got to watch her first parade!



The festival was called Kremmling Days. We stood near this neat shop that had a statue of a Buffalo out front while we watched the parade go by.

There were fire engines and tractors, and lots of candy being thrown to the kids!

Brianna got a great view of the parade from atop daddy's shoulders.

Photos Again! (Hedghog madness!)

Back to blogging photos once again (Have three months to catch up on!)

Anyways, my parents took us "camping" up at Green Mountain Reservoir near Kremmling, CO.

We thought we were going to be staying in a cabin, but when we got there, we were pleasently surprised to have a beautiful fully furnished house.



And one of the GREATEST things for Benny and LouLou was that they found a new friend who was staying at the house too!

Brianna made sure to introduce both her hedghogs to their new pink friend.

She LOVED running down the hallway at the house. Having all three hedgehogs made for some fun times.