rocky mountian high... just acacia

I have too many amazing pictures of this sweetie. She deserves her own blog post.

Ringing the huge antique bell calling everyone in for dinner. But the real thing I love about this picture is the fleece with jeans and flip flops... you can't make that up.

Holding her "big noon" (fig newton) and posing by a lovely columbine, the colorado state flower.

Riding Nutmeg, Acacia's first full size horse. Man, I love this picture.

She was literally saying, "I am walking through a field of wildflowers!"
I think she thought it was the Sound of Music set... and she was the star.

Best part of vacation? SNACKS!

rocky mountian high... the scene

Colorado was pure bliss...
well, maybe bliss plus a lot of stinky diapers (something to do with the altitude), wildly interrupted sleep schedules, insane travel days, and little to no "down time" (what's that?).

I guess some would describe the trip as controlled chaos, but for THIS stay at home mom who loves the mountains and being with people... it was pure bliss.

Here's part one of a massive picture upload. The house my parents just finished renovating is beautiful and perfect for us. They did an awesome job. Still working on landscaping.

The view from the porch:

This is Mt. Crested Butte. Yeah, we hiked it with the kids. Okay, we rode the lifts up and hiked down , that still counts.