last day

This is the last day I will reminisce about our fantastic summer holiday back home with our dear families, friends, and the mountains... 

Now is the time we must part with the Aspen...

A walk down memory lane...(i.e., the college years)

Last minute views of the cute local shops we miss...

A little coffee before we hit the road...

Taking in our college town Farmer's Market...

These guys have the right idea...

A little last minute playing with the cousins...

Back to our Oklahoma sky... Really, school is in and that means we must move on to my two favorite seasons.  Fall and Football!  Happy Weekend... xo!

more on our holiday

Since school is in, I am feeling more reminiscent of our time away with family...

The main street in Steamboat was a lot of fun to walk up and down.  Candy, ice cream, shopping, people watching, etc.  

We even ran into the Frog Prince... 

AND the Frog Princess!  

B thought she was big stuff.

N should have brought his cowboy hat.

At the base of the mountain we enjoyed some good clean kids kind of fun.

While B jumped and jumped, N and I hung out a bit while we waited.

I think we had ice cream every day!

Sleeping in felt so wonderful, I don't know if we can get use to getting up early again!

Steamboat Springs

On to Steamboat Springs, CO where our days were full of adventure, sites, lots of playing, swimming, and relaxing.  One of our days we walked an easy trail up to see the falls.  It was a beautiful day and the kids enjoyed seeing the plants, bugs, and chipmunks.  

Here we are at the top of the trail with Nanny and Papa.

Another day we went on a biking adventure along the Yampa River trail, which runs along the town.  We stopped for the sites, shopping and ice cream.  This day was a lot of fun.  

We took a pit stop to play and relax at a super fabulous park.  

Papa found the best place to hang out...

Then we biked more and then it was time for lunch.  

We had lunch at the most refreshing place, Freshies.  Loved it!

It was so wonderful, I would not mind making it our annual vacation location.

Just a few more moments to document, so tune in again soon!

Happy weekend.    

back to our holiday

We had such a fabulous summer holiday, I wanted to share more...

Again, the scenery was amazing, but summertime poolside was the best!

Can we go back?  I need a vacation...

family time

The kids enjoyed playing with their cousins while visiting Nanny and Papa.

All this family-time is wearing us out!  Time for a nap...

reunion

So... it has been 15 years since I graduated from High School.  YIKES.  Our class had yet to hold a reunion and it was finally organized for our 15th.  The good news?  I got to catch up with a lot of friends.  

I had the best excuse to spend some well needed time with my two best girl friends...  

We have been friends for over 20 years!  

The guys entertained each other and were good sports... such jokesters.   

Really though, many of us went to college together, too.  But it was fun remembering High School. 

N's favorite part was the unlimited Oreo cookies.

Many of us have some little kids running around...

I still can't believe how grown up my girl friend's girls have become...

It was a fun couple of days with my girls.  I miss them already.  

On to Nanny and Papa's

After a week at Grandma and Grandpa's house, we loaded up and headed to the other side of Wyoming.  What a view...

On the agenda... attend my 15-year (yikes!) HS class reunion, spend some quality time with my two best girlfriends and to spend some time with Nanny and Papa.  

First things, first.  We all have been eyeing Papa's tractor and now it is finally our chance to go for a ride!

Playing with our other cousins was definitely fun, too.  Dress up with our cousins is always on the list.  B would live in this ladybug costume if we would let her.  

Taking some time out to go swimming was definitely a must... 

this was our summer holiday, right?!