Box Canyon Falls

Our next adventure with Grandma took us to Box Canyon Falls in Ouray! Grandma DID IT!!!! The stairwell that led to the falls....most terrifying part of the whole trip!

Grandma surverying how to get across to the falls!

A view of what we walked along to get to the falls





SHE MADE IT!!!!! YAY, we were so excited grandma did it! It was so cold at the bottom, but we had a great time!

RELIEF!!!

Emry was WORN out at the end of the hike! After our picnic we had so much fun seeing all the fish and turtles at the pond and it was even better that it was on solid ground!

We were so impressed with grandma being so willing to come on these excursions.....we were eagerly planning our next adventure!

Black Canyon

We have loved having Grandma Jacob with us! We decided since she was willing to conquer one of her fears by boarding a tiny twin prop plane to come to Montrose....we would push our luck and force her to conquer more fears.....thus began our first adventure going to the newest National Park.....Black Canyon National Park....just 20 minutes from our house!
It was so breathtaking....literally breath taking! The drop off was imidiate... there were many moments were grandma and I held our breath and felt weak from watching the kids get so close to the edge!
Grandma and Eden demonstrating the multi uses for an orange at our yummy picnic.


Eden and Jack enjoyed bird watching....I would have loved it a bit more if it wasn't such an imidiate drop off!

This is the point were Grandma was a tad panicked...okay, I was too....I literally ran down the trail to "save" my kids from their father who led the kids so dangerously close to the edge. He did nothing but roll his eyes and laugh at me!



We all had so much fun and were so tired by the end of the day! Yay....one down....our next plan was to take Grandma to Box Canyon Falls!!!!

Summer accomplishments

nate - hit 50 miles/hr on his bike, landscaped half of the front yard, surpassed his longest hours at work in 8 years, killed more spiders and crickets in one month than the previous 8 years of marriage for his loving terrified wife

eden - mastered riding a two wheeler, going down water slides by herself, jumping into the deep end of the pool, finished her piano books, passed off all her first and second grade words.

emry - survived all four molars coming in at one time, learned how to climb on everything, decided she can sleep through the night, and now enjoys whole milk!!!

jack - discovered the joys of being a big boy...undies, mastered the art of scooter and tricycle riding, learned that fruit is really better than fruit snacks, and revels in his new found talent...his bargaining skills with mom and dad!
jana - matured to the age of 32, admitting it really is going to be okay to dye grey hairs, tried her first diet ever....successfully stayed on for four weeks, threw a large ice cream party which was very entertaining and the downfall of the diet, finished reading six books - not children's, and decided she needs to get her act together to run a marathon again!


We love to celebrate all of our little accomplishments - even celebrate that the window was clean for five whole minutes before this cute face appeared!