Colby and I stay really busy with all that we have going on! I thought once we moved down here to the middle of no-where that we would have a hard time finding things to do. But work, friends, and church keep us quite busy. Of course we would much rather go on a quick hike or do some rock climbing; however, we don't have those options during the week. We just have to save that stuff for our weekends, which we don't mind. The past month we have gone to the West Texas Rodeo, the Lubbock temple and an apple festival. Then I spent a couple of weeks in Colorado watching my youngest siblings while my parents went on a cruise in the Caribbean.
We have a lot events and parties coming up for this month of October.October is one of my most favorite parts of the year. I love the fall season, smells, and decorations and of course Halloween! I love dressing up. I wish the leaves changed color here :( It is what saddens me the most this time year. But hey, it's finally cooling down! It was in the sixties today and it was heavenly! Enjoy the pics!
They have big flags and big everything in Texas
Colby and I volunteered for family science night at the Petroleum museum. We made m&m color wheels with the kids!
Beautiful Lubbock Temple
Apple Festival. We made apple pies and apple dumplings :)
Creepy, fuzzy spider eating a fly!
Watching my siblings in Colorado.....
We went to Petsmart and bought a goldfish for their fish tank. I told them to smile, but they wanted to be goofy instead!
Katie made homemade applesauce in her preschool class. She wanted everyone to try it and even fed it to her older siblings!
Saying goodbye to my dogs! Zeus (the one on my left) is 13 years old and may not be there when I come back for Christmas :(
I'm so glad my parents were able to go on this cruise. The last time they went on a trip with no kids was when I was in 5th grade!!! That was 13 years ago! They definitely deserved it. I am proud to call them my parents and I really appreciate all that they have taught me and continue to teach me. I am so blessed to have a forever family!
We had such a full and fun Labor Day weekend! We did so many things that I split up it up into a few posts. We went to Colby's Aunt and Uncle's ranch, Ouray hot springs, Via Ferrata and Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico.
If you want to see pictures from Beautiful Ouray, Colorado and from the Ranch click here.
If you want to see pics from Bandelier National Monument, which are ruins from an ancestral pueblo people, click here.
We had such a blast being in the mountains and one of our most intense outings was hiking the Via Ferrata in Telluride. A Via Ferrata is an Italian word meaning the "iron way." It is a protected climbing route that takes you along cliffs and ledges that normally during a hike one could not do. You wear a harness and rock climbing gear. A lot people take a guide, but you don't need one if you have gear and its way to expensive! So we bought our own gear and went! There is only one way to go, so you can't get lost :) Most Via Ferrata's are found in Europe, but there is one in Colorado of course! I had never heard of a Via Ferrata before I met Colby, but some of his family and extended family did the Telluride Via Ferrata for a family reunion couple weeks ago. We were unable to go to the reunion, but lucky for us we were able to hike the Via Ferrata for labor day weekend!
At first we didn't know if we would be able to complete it because of the raining weather, but Saturday morning we checked the weather and found it would not be raining the whole day. We went in the morning and half way through the hike it started to rain a little bit. We were on the hard part at the time and using the cables and heavy duty iron hand holds and I was nervous. But we said a prayer and almost immediately it stopped raining and the weather cleared! I would love to do it again! Enjoy the pictures! By the way, most of the pictures are of me because Colby had the camera and I had the gopro to film it. I wish I had more pics of Colby.
The route of the Via Ferrata
View of Telluride on our way up to start the via ferrata. If you look close you can see a rainbow over the valley
Bridal Veil Falls. There is a house that lives on the cliff next to it! Crazy!
Before the hike
Just about to start
And were off...
The views are glorious!
First picture of the main event which is where you are on the cliff and go around a corner only using the cables and steps provided. This was the scariest and funnest part of the Via Ferrata!
