Crazy Colorado Weather!

This is what we did on Friday night....This is what we did on Saturday!!!

Just gotta love this crazy Colorado weather!!

(thankfully I got cute fall pictures before this happened, our tree lost ALL it's leaves because of the snow and the rest of the green leaves just froze and don't look all the pretty anymore!)

I love Fall!!

Little Ballerina

For as long as I can remember Elizabeth has wanted, dreamed, talked of taking a ballet class. Her cousins have been in dance ever since she can remember and she wants to be just like them!

Nate and I have stalled, not wanting to start her too early; she is so shy and we were sure she wouldn't even want to do anything the teacher said because she would be too shy to.

Well, finally we decided we would try it out. Oh my, we were so surprised by her enthusiasm and utter JOY about her first ballet class. She was literally bubbling with joy and excitement!

When we got home she sat Nate and I on the couch and showed us everything she learned, all the while her sweet little sis watched and learned all E had to share!

On the way there we kept hearing squeals of excitement from the backseat!

Feeling very proud and big!

Our weekend away!

Each September Nate and I take a weekend away together. It started about 4 years ago and we have kept it up each year. We love this time of year, the Aspen trees are changing and it is just beautiful in the mountains! This year we were excited that Nate's parents could stay with the girls while we went away (more on post below!).
Our plan this year was to do another 14er and then have a day to just rest and relax together. As we were watching the weather for the weekend we were going, we saw that there was a big cold front coming in and our climbing day was looking like one of the worst days. So we ended up leaving a day early. The hike was great, very different from Mt. Elbert last year, but still great and we made it to the summit around 10:30am, just before the storm came in. It was truly another great experience together.
We hiked on Sunday and then had until Tuesday to just relax and rest...and did we ever rest!! I don't remember the last time we have slept as much as we did. It was truly a great weekend and I am so thankful for these cherished times together with Nate.
Thanks babe, for making these weekends a priority and a treasure!