Trip to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park

In the middle of September Stephen and I had a long time friend from Kodiak come to visit, Andrew North. It was nice catching up with him and when it came time for Andrew to leave we made the long trip (more boring than long) to Denver to drop him off at the airport. Because it was Stephen's fall break we were able to keep driving and visit Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park. It sounds crazy for us, but we hadn't been camping once all summer and we were long overdue. We enjoyed two nights in the tent and one full day of hiking.
We of course decided to take a nice hike to a lake. Over 10 miles later we made it back to our car. While at mile 7 and 8 we were wondering why we had decided to do this, Greyson, Stephen and I all had a wonderful time and it felt so wonderful to be out doing what we love so much.
The Rocky Mountain National Park is so incredible and beautiful especially in the fall with all the leaves falling. This is something we will do again for sure!

Nebraska State Fair

The last time I attended the Nebraska State Fair I was showing sheep. So needless to say it was very different and much cleaner this time around. Stephen's family came out on a Sunday afternoon, spent the night and we all left in the morning for the fair, but not before Stephen did some fishing with Lucas and everyone headed out for a canoe ride.

A Visit From Close Friends

Toward the end of August we had some of our most favorite people come visit us. The Davidson Men. Kim along with his sons Chaven and Mitchell drove through on their way to Anderson University where the guys attend college. It was so wonderful to see these guys who have become much like family to us. It was fun to eat corn on the cob, show them cows and walk through open fields (something pretty foreign to Chav and Mitch).