Victory

When the house was contructed and landscaped we took down a lot of trees.  The ensuing pile of logs has been my windmill the last 2 1/2 years, and I never thought I would see that ground again  But this week marked the end of the pile and it was quite satisfying (of course there about 8 more trees that need to come down but that's a different story).  My hope is that next year this is where we will store the camping trailer.

P.S.  Thought I had a pic of the original pile but still searching...will add to this post if I find it.

Lynne's Wedding - Wedding Day

June 28 was very special, Lynne's wedding and Lucas' second birthday.  Both were celebrated in great style.

First order of business was celebrating Lucas' birthday.

As we celebrated Lucas' birthday wedding preperations were under way

The wind make things difficult early on but settled down before the ceramony.

Beckett, somewhat reluctantly, got "pinned".

The knot tier.

The groomsmen battling pre-ceramony jitters

Ready for the ceramony to begin

B doing his thing!

The knot has been tied

Wedding pics

Some of the celebrities on hand

No wedding is complete without light sabers!

Dance time!

Lynne's Wedding - Rehearsal

Lynne's rehearsal was Friday afternoon.  Like all good rehearsals it started a little chaotic, weather didn't help, but by the end everything had fallen into place.

Delaney didn't want to miss a thing

Beckett practicing his part

The rain was brief but forced everyone inside.

Mom watched the rest of the rehearsal inside

Lilly and Beckett ready to do their thing

The peanut gallery...lots of rocks into the lake

Time to party!

Lynne's Wedding - Arrival and First Day

I took over 200 pics at Lynne's wedding.  Will try and post a few over the next several days.  We arrived on Thursday and that evening a barbecue was held for the early arrivals.  Estes Park is a great place for a destination wedding and almost everyone Lynne and Sean invited came.

Estes Park Lodge, where the wedding was held and most of the attendees stayed.

View over Lake Estes from the hotel.

Lily, Lynne and Sean's dog, settled right in.

Lucas settled right in too.  He really like the hotel and the time spent with his cousins.

The wedding was held in this gazebo on Saturday.  Jane's nervous energy hadn't peaked yet at this point.

Friday morning we joined Lucas, Renee, and a Scott on a hike to Copeland Falls in Wild Basin, an area of Rocky Mountain National Park we have visited many times in the past.  Sticks in streams was a very popular activity.

Copeland Falls

Mom's Up North

Baily couldn't be more pleased

Macy picked strawberries on the 4th of July

Baily decided he liked strawberries

Pedal Pushers

The day after Lynne's wedding everyone just relaxed.  Weather was perfect.  Our hotel was on Lake Estes and next door was a marina that rented boats, kayaks, and two person pedal carts.  There's a paved path around the entire lake so we rented two and had some fun.