Our Rocky Mtn hikes..

We had a blast getting one more outing in before Ben starts school. We went camping for a few days up in Rocky Mtn National Park. We had some extra hands join us (Ben's Dad and wife Paula) so we could actually do some hiking. Here is our campground

And the kids picking some flowers..

Playing in the dirt...

Linc climbing in the trees...

Let the games begin..

Nymph lake - the first of many that we would come across in the 3 days.

Start of day 2.. we planned on seeing a few lakes and waterfalls and to spend the whole day outside hoping the kids would take a good nap in the carriers. It ended up pretty darn good. The naps weren't the best, but the kids Loved the carriers and being outside.

We made it to Loch Lake and decided to skip out on Sky Pond. It was beautiful and a perfect place to take a lunch break and let the kids throw rocks in the lake. We could see the Waterfall you'd have to climb up to get to sky pond and figured that was good enough.

Our company- Jim (Ben's Dad) and Paula

"Why are we just standing here Grandpa . . . can't you move it?" says Tatum. Any time she wanted him to go faster she would just start kicking him in the back - kind of funny.

Mills lake view.

Long's Peak is in the background, Ben and Jim were so proud everytime they could see the Peak since they hiked up to it 2 years ago.

Day 3, Sprague Lake.. just an easy 1 mile walk around that we took our time on.

We love feeding the ducks...

Now back to real life, Ben starts school tomorrow and I am back to being on my own throughout the days. I have been spoiled with the help at home for the past two months- we'll see how I can manage. Good Luck to Ben!! He is such a good student and husband and Father, and pretty good at multi-tasking, but I can't wait for him to be done with school. Almost there...