What are Mary, Justin, Grey and Hazel up to?

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Hiking

Yesterday, Mary & I got together with Tim & Krista (who just married and moved to CO), and did some hiking up near Nederland. The trail was about 3 miles in to a beautiful lake where we ate lunch. The trail is great on the way up, you pass numerous little waterfalls, and follow a stream most of the time. Mary has even claimed this to be her favorite trail in CO!

Eating Lunch at end of trail

Posing for a pic

Justin & Tim

Diamond Lake

With the Puppies

View of Trail

Camping on Lake Dillon

Last week, Mary & I celebrated our 3rd Anniversary (a little late), by camping up on Lake Dillon near Frisco, CO. This was great because it combined everything we love of CO & MI! There were lots of mountains, and we got to do lake activities too. It was very relaxing, we read a lot, ate good food, and had a fire every night. We want to go back already!

View from Tent

We rented a Kayak one day, and took turns going up and down the lake!

Justin on Kayak

Mary on Kayak

Getting the fire ready for dinner

Summer Randoms

We did a lot this summer, here are just a few random events:

In Michigan with Grandpa & Grandma Christensen

In Cheesman Park for Movie Night (It was Jurassic Park...YES!)

One of our favorite Summer Meals, Brussel Sprout & Asparagus!
(We made this a lot, and we have a great recipe if you want it, it involves garlic!)

Mary made lots of Jam, yet again. This time she made Champagne Jelly, Strawberry Jam, Peach Jam, Peach-Raspberry Jam, and Triple Berry Jam.

Tim & Krista's Wedding

2 weeks ago, our friends got married back in MI. We were there for a week to partake in all of the wedding activities: Bar Crawl, Bachelor Party (not allowed to show pics of this), the Ceremony, and reception. Justin was the best man for Tim. We had a great time!

All of us got together in East Lansing for the Bar Crawl

Mmmmm...Chicken Wings

During the day of the Bachelor Party the guys got together for Whirlyball (google it, it's awesome!)

Son & Mother showing the rest how it's done

Mom & Dad cuttin' it up

Justin, Mary, Maria, & Jerry

The gang

All in Colorado now!

Christensen Family Reunion in CO!

During July, all the Christensen's and their families traveled to CO for the family reunion. We had many adventures exploring Colorado and all it has to offer, check out the pics!

Climbing Mt. Bierstadt - Elevation: 14,060 ft.

Mid Climb

Dinner at the Saucy Noodle - Great Italian!

Day trip to Rocky Mountain National Park

Mary & Justin at Bear Lake

View of Emerald Lake @ end of hiking trail
(You're right Erica, everything does look better in sepia!)

Bunny & James in motorcycle at Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory

Mariposa is a giant! At least in Tiny Town (up in the foothills)

Monday, July 13, 2009

Sam & Sophie in the Summer

Sammie & Sophie have a new summer game, well really it's just Sophie. Sam lays under the couch, and Sophie tries to get him. She gets upset when she can't get him, I'm pretty sure Sam hates this game. Towards the end of the video, Sophie gets severely distracted by the tag on the couch though...not much of an attention span! Enjoy.

Camping on the Arkansas River

Last weekend we joined up with Erica (after she was camping with Carter), filled the car with gear & dogs, and headed south/southwest for a couple of nights of camping. We stayed in Arkansas Headwaters State Park, or at least pretty close to it. We had a nice campsite, it was kind of desert like, very different than most camping in Colorado. Our campsite was nestled in a valley between two mountain ranges, and sat on the Arkansas river, which means we got to see lots of rafters...no not the dinosaur. Every night we made dinner on the camp fire, and were able to get a couple of day trips in as well. We went to the Royal Gorge (touristy & expensive, but very cool), ate lunch in Canon (pronounced canyon) City, and went on some small hikes. Very fun couple of night... check out the pics below.