maroon bells!

So we left Thursday afternoon

and headed towards Aspen 

view on Independence Pass

We got to our campsite around 7pmish and started setting up, cam did food, i did tent.

it was a great site

kinda secluded from others,

close to the bathroom,

and te weather was BOMB!

yes yes, pregnant people can camp too :) this is my new shirt, and i had to wear it.

it was getting chilly!

i kind of love this photo

with the pretty aspens in the background

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so we ate & played phase 10 & went to bed.

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we woke up and it was 40* ahhh!!!!

we ate breakfast made by cam

and then headed to the trailhead (by car)

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i will let you enjoy the beauty

but let me just say it was amazing.

and i live here SUCKAS!

okay okay, i lied about enjoying the beauty, i have to say, i love love love this pic.

this is crater lake

we hiked here (1.8miles)

and had a picnic

then headed back to the car.

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the hike wasnt so bad, but i went really really really slow.

so hans may or may not have gotten so tired that he would lay down and not move.

so poor cameron had to carry him on several occasions.

and yes, notice his booties :) he did really well with them.

he actually did really well on the way up, he just won't pace himself.

this got so much attention it was ridiculous.

there were several people that had to stop and take pics and videos.

nevermind the big fat prego hiking, lets look at the 3-legged dog with shoes being carried :)

i mean, what a pathetic dog. but he's soooooo cute....

all in all it was a great trip.

we were both worn out, so instead of camping another night,

we packed up and went home.

as we were packing up i subluxed my kneecap and it was NOT fun.

it hurt like a mofo.

it used to happen all the time, but hasn't happened since

i think right before our wedding.

anyway, cameron was great, and made me an ice pack

and packed up the car, and drove THE WHOLE WAY home.

we got home, showered, and ate while we watched a movie.

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it was the perfect end to the trip.

hiking/camping Lost Lake

this was in June sometime... oh the day before Father's Day

the blanks and the cannons went hiking

for our last hoorah before they moved

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we wanted to hike in, have a fire, and it be FREE

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we drove to Nederland

stopped at the visitor center

got a map

headed out

stephen, cam, bethany, both dogs
crazyyyyy waterfall/river

our tent to the left, theirs to the right

it was a perfect little spot!

me and b

schnooze kept wandering off

so we had to put her leash on...

ella kept wanting to play with her

and was grabbing the leash and pulling schnooze, it was awesome!

cam reallllllly wanted to start the fire without matches

so here he is with his flint

and some tender...

don't worry, this took about an hour,

and it burned out very quickly

we finally resorted to a match

love this pic!

this was sunday morning,

we hiked around the lake

(ps, super cold out in the morning... water had to be 34*)

cam decides to swim in it

this is as far as he got, and the cold was making his arms and legs

freeze up... no drowning allowed

he's so crazy

we put schnooze up on this tree :)

schnooze and ella are so cute

ella wanted up too

the end

Fall 2008

Besides getting dark at 6pm, the leaves are changing.

IT'S FALL!

there were much better photo opps,

but, i was driving, and this was the best one i got.

you can see the mtns in the background :)

click to make larger,

you can see that it snowed 2 nights ago

and the mtns have SNOW CAPS!

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choices for kitchen chairs

help help help

Autumn and I went to Joann's and found these

thick, more quilty, but cute colors that i could pair up with some cute blue curtains and pillows?

Thin, but still okay, really like, but thin.

this one's weird, b/c it has a raised green velvet like design. but i like it and think it's cool, but not very much color?!?!?!?

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I wanted to go darker, but there weren't hardly any dark browns that had a cute pattern, everything was a light background with a dark pattern. I am sure when i go back, there will be 50 more to choose from. I have a coupon that can't be used with a sale, and they were all on sale, so i have to wait until oct 17th. bummer. Anyways 50% off will be awesome, thanks odette for the coupon!!!! So, take a vote, let me know what you think, or any ideas that you might have for fabric. i love fabric. i am asking for a book on upholstering for my bday, b/c i want to recover the chair in the office, and it also has an ottoman, but it will take like 300 yards of fabric. i have too many projects. and i want to go back to school? am i nuts or what?