Caden & I are really enjoying playing la crosse these days. 

We are officially enjoying summer, but we can’t get enough of the school playground. We headed over for some fun on the swings. We also learned how to do front flips & back flips on the bar, which we were quite proud of ourselves for figuring out.

We headed back to camp for more rock climbing. We were using kindling as weapons & Elias was sharpening them with a pocket knife. We had chili for dinner, which hit the spot. It was a bit cold. Bedtime on Saturday night was much smoother than Friday. We were all ready to sleep. The next…

The wildflowers were beautiful! We decided to drive up Trail Ridge Road for a bit to look for beer/moose/elk/coyote/etc. We saw more elk. We hit the first lookout & it was up in a cloud. We could see about 25 feet out, so we decided to head back down & get a treat. We went…

This guy was waiting for us back at our campsite when we returned.

After some fun & exploring, we headed back down. Going down was much harder than going up. We had the hardest time getting traction. We had it mastered by the time we got down, but it was a little scary at moments. We also occasionally sunk in the snow. Once up to our hips! These…

Jesse was taking a little rest by the lake. We stopped for snack here, too. I kept posing & making funny faces. Mom told Jesse to tickle me, but I didn’t like it.

We made it all the way to Emerald Lake! We had a few scary moments that we weren’t sure if we should continue on. We did & it was totally worth it. We had fun relaxing by the lake, climbing on rocks & watching the daring chipmunks take food from people’s hands. 

Like I said, we made the absolute most of the snow. Who needs sleds? Not us. Our bottoms worked just fine!

A glimpse of our “trail”. We occasionally had a hard time following it, but managed to make it up & down safely. We had a few falls both on purpose & accident.