Colorado

The first weekend in October Chris and I took a quick trip to Colorado just us!  We left Thursday right after work.  Our original plan was to drive to my brother's house in Windsor and spend the night.  But after thinking about it we decided to just take it slow and ended up stopping in Ogallala and got a hotel room.  Although we were sad we did not get to see my Marcus, Meghan (w/ baby in tummy!) and Cache it was nice to not feel rushed.  And I have to say this pregnant lady was not really enjoying the ride - for some reason my back was really hurting so I was happy to crawl into a hotel bed and get a good night of sleep!

Friday morning we got up around 8 and headed out.  We made a quick stop in Loveland for a quick shopping trip.  We got the boys a few things but after about 45 minutes we were ready to get into the mountains!

We got into Estes and headed to our campground.  We got our weekend home set up!

The rest of Friday we just hung out.  We went into town for dinner and did a little shopping.  We decided that we would try to eat at all new places while on our trip.  It was fun since we've been there multiple times and never really thought about it before but found some great little places to try again.

The leaves were really starting to change when we were there.  Chris tried many times to get a great picture of them but as he says - it's really really hard to see the true beauty in a picture.  It was beautiful to say the least!

Saturday morning we got up fairly early and decided to head out for a hike.  We went up to Bear Lake where we've been quite a few times but we decided to take a different trail.  We went to Bierstadt Lake.  The trail started out a little steep and I was a little worried that I was not going to make it.  I've not been very good about working out since this baby started growing but after about 1/2 mile or so the trail leveled out and it was a fun new trail.  When we got to the lake we were glad we picked this trail - the lake was beautiful and it was just a fun new place to experience!  There was a great view of the mountains!

Saturday afternoon included a wonderful nap for me and some Husker football.  Although the game was not really to our liking it was kind of fun sitting in our camper watching football!

Sunday we drove up trail ridge road.  It was a nice drive and on the way back down we decided to venture off on a different little trail that we'd never been on.  From the road it appeared that it was about 500ft off of the road but once we got up a little hike we realized it was about 1/2 mile or so to some rocks.  We were again amazed we'd never been on this little path.  At the top of the rocks some ladies were very nice to take our pictures.  It was a little chilly out so after enjoying the view we took off down the mountain.

 Chris at the top of the rocks!  Such a cool guy!

On the way down we realized that our plan to leave early the next morning was not going to work.  We had our ultrasound for the baby the next day in Lincoln at 3:30pm.  It takes about an hour to tear down the camper so we decided we'd head back to the camper - hang for a little bit and then leave later that night.  So Sunday night we drove to Cheyenne and got a hotel.

I must say this vacation was weird.  This is the first vacation Chris and I have been on all by ourselves since 2004 so it was much needed!  But after being in Colorado with no kids we realized it was much needed and nice - it was a little boring.  Although having the boys with us would have been a lot of work it just felt a little weird without them.  We'll see when we go on the next vacation just us - might be a while!!

And I must say I don't know the last time and Chris and I talked about so many different things.  In our everyday lives we get caught up in the day to day stuff and don't really just get to sit and talk.  I must say I still love just sitting and talking to my husband.  We can still have a good conversation followed by complete silence and be perfectly happy!