Happy Birthday Zach!  Big 10!  To celebrate (in a way), over the last 2 days, we went on a camping trip with our friends the Pocock’s to Rocky Mountain National Park!  It was such a great getaway and even though it rained the night of the 4th and we got a little soggy, the weather was great and we had a wonderful time!  We went hiking all over and drove to some absolutely stunning sites!

No, that picture above is NOT of a stuffed elk!  It’s the real deal.  We were so close to it, we could have walked up and pet it (absolutely NOT the smart thing to do)!  🙂

Up on the northern side of the park, we drove way up into the mountains and hiked up to the top of a 12,000+ foot ridge that had stunning views!

We sure do love living here!  You can’t get these kinds of views in the midwest!  🙂  Everyone had so much fun!  On the drive home, we went through Granby and visited some friends of ours (the Pedersen’s) from our ward.  They used to live there year-round, but they now just have a trailer up there and go up on weekends.  We went out to dinner with them before heading back home!

What a GREAT weekend so far!  I think Zach really liked that experience as part of his birthday present!  🙂