Colorado!

We just got home from our trip to Colorado about an hour ago!! I am so excited to be back in our home that I can't go to sleep yet...poor Dave is much more tired than I, though, since he did the majority of the driving today! We had a wonderful trip! Here are a few snapshots of it!

Our first stop was last Friday in Denver, where we met our friends Amanda, Jeremy, Emma, & Jacob at Starbucks. It was so fun to see all of them! David and I had a great time meeting the twins and talking with Amanda and Jeremy! We are hoping they'll visit Texas sometime!
Then we headed to the Greeley area, where we spent the night with Dave's college roommate, Kenny, and his wife, Carla, and their 2 1/2 week old baby, Edward Henry. We had a wonderful evening reconnecting with these dear friends and cooing over little Eddie!!
In this picture, Eddie is wrapped in a beautiful afghan that my grandma made for him!

Here's Dave and Kenny enjoying their drink of choice from TU days--Vernor's!

After saying good-bye to the Overton's, we drove to Loveland to visit Grandpa Rinn, where he is staying for the summer. We went to a pancake breakfast with him, and then spent the morning touring the trailer park where he is staying, catching up, and enjoying Frosties at Wendy's!

From there we left for Steamboat, but we took a different route & drove through Rocky Mountain National Park, which was breathtaking! We drove on the highest maintained road in America, which provided amazing views! We also saw moose and elk. What an amazing Creator God is!!

We had a great time in Steamboat with all the Rinns! All of us were together, including Jon's fiancee, Kristy! I am excited that there is another girl joining the family! It was very special for all of the Rinn boys to be home on Father's Day! We enjoyed Susie's delicious cooking, boated and grilled on Steamboat Lake, talked about wedding plans, made s'mores and talked around the firepit, went golfing (just the guys), and took family photos!

We also visited the ranch where Michael is working, and the peacock following us around there made me very nervous! (You can see part of it in the picture below.) While at the ranch, Michael tried to trick Susie and me with a rubber snake--I screamed so loud my voice was hoarse for the next day! I was ready to leave the ranch after that! ;)
Here are the boys (minus Michael) after their early morning golf game!

This was our "modern" pose...Note Jon and Kristy's dogs in the middle....kissing? ;)

...and the best pose! David did a great job arranging all the shots and then running to his spot before the camera took the pic!
On Tuesday we headed to Keystone for our anniversary getaway! We stayed in an amazing 2-story "loft" room with a beautiful view. We had a fabulous time together--reading, relaxing, & eating delicious food. We also played many games of Scrabble, which got so intense that we had to go into town to get a Scrabble dictionary! David also got to play his favorite round of golf (yet!) at the River Course at Keystone! He got paired up with 3 elderly ladies for the first 9 holes--hilarious! They all loved him, of course! Then, I joined him for the back 9, which he played solo. The scenery was stunning, so I really enjoyed riding around with him and watching him play!
Here are a few last pics of us enjoying Keystone!!! It was hard to leave the beautiful mountains, but we are also thankful to be back home!
Dave's golf adventures


We spent lots of time reading...

...and celebrating our 4th anniversary!