Bronsons & Brandon =0)

My brother is in town this week! It has been a lot of fun getting to revisit some places and explore new ones! Rob has had to work this week. =( lots of sitting and listening... he is so bored. Thankfully he has been able to join us after work on a few adventures! Here are a few pics from the explorations of the Bronsons & Brandon...

Red Rock Canyon - - - - - - - - - - Helen-Hunt Falls (not the one you're thinking of)

Pikes Peak Highway - - - - - - - - - - - View from the summit

Seven Falls - - - - - - - - - - - - and again at night!

sunsets & cucumbers

few pics of God's great creation from today...


our garden is growing!! yay! walmart man told me in june that i was too late and probably wouldn't see any fruit... but ive got flowers and one tiny tomato!!! =0) i love watching God's creation in motion and seeing our cucumber plant grow has been truly amazing! it sends out these little feelers and grabs onto whatever it can find... the window screen, other plants, the garden stake, etc... i love how God so uniquely designed each and every one of his creations! here's a couple pics of the cucumber plant stretching out to find something to hold on to.


another beauty from God today was the AMAZING sunset He painted for us! pictures can never show all the color and grandeur... but here was my camera's best "shot" at it! (pun not intended... but funny none-the-less)


"Praise Him under open skies
Everything breathing praising God
In the company of all who love the King"
~David Crowder

Stephanie, Barbq, CPM, St. Mary's Falls

Well its been a pretty crazy week here: Bible Studies, Math Training, Stephanie is visiting(yay), a nice little 6 mile hike and more....

The Alpine Tunnel

Day 2, Part 2...
After the falls we drove way up into the mountains, thru some pretty sketchy roads to the Alpine Tunnel. From1880 - 1910 there was a railroad from Southern Colorado to Denver for mining and lumber resources. Much of the track and mining towns are still left up high in the mountains. After 8 miles of rough, rocky road (thank goodness for 4 wheel drive in the RAV!) we found the trail head. At 11,000 ft. we hiked 3 miles up to 12,000 ft. to see the remains of the tunnel. Apparently this was one of the most dangerous stretches for the railroad due to the altitude and the curves of the track. It We saw snow, beavers, mountain streams, the closed up tunnel, and much much more. We ended the hike by hiking back another 3 miles to the car and then having a picnic (turkey burgers mmmm) on our single camping burners :)

Agnes Vaille Falls

Day 2 of camping and we decided to go for a few hikes. Our camp site is at 8000 ft. above sea level so we headed even higher to take a look at a water fall near Nathrop, Colorado at about 9,200 ft. It is a beautiful area, our road cut right thru the pass of 2 mountains. We took a short hike up to the Falls. It was a cool hike with some informative signs on the way explaining the wildlife of the area as well as some of the history of the falls. We both were rather sad that we didn't pay more attention in science class as we would love to know more about the geology of the area. "Wow look at that rock! What kind of rock is it? I don't know a rock?" We then headed back to the car to move out to our next hike!

Buena Vista

Since summer is so short for us with the move and school starting early, we decided to take a little mini vacation and go camping in the Collegiate Mountains near Beuna Vista, Colorado. It was about a 90 minute drive down highway 24 thru Manitou and Woodland Park. We stayed at Arrowhead Point a nice little campground, although our site was awfully close to our neighbors. We set up our tent (thanks Haddens!) and unloaded the car, realized we had no pillows and had to drive 30 miles to find a store that had some :)

We like to move it, move it...

We headed to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for an afternoon of fun. It is an amazing zoo, set at 6800 ft. at the base of the Rocky Mountains, and NORAD. We saw animals from Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas! They have many exhibits where you are inches away from the animals, world famous Giraffes, and some animals that roam the zoo. It was a great afternoon of viewing many of God's creations!

Little bit of everything

Headed to Palmer Park, a large park in the middle of town. We got a little lost (including a call to Dalequest), a little sunburned, and had a lot of fun!!! We then spent the 4th with the Spauldings. Played ping pong, ate some good barbque, Went to the Air Force Academy for fireworks, then back for an intense game of Hoopla!

10 min North of our home is this beautiful park and trail! We discovered it this past weekend with a family Tif knew in the Philippines and went back this afternoon to explore the trail! The park included 5 miles of trail, a wedding gazebo on a lake, wildlife, grass fields, and so much more! The pics only capture a fraction of what we actually saw and experienced! Enjoy!

Adventure Golf

Pictures say it all..