July 4th

Over the 4th of July weekend we made our first long road trip to Colorado to visit Uncle Josh, Aunt Lauren and Aunt Arianne. We spent Friday night in Denver and headed up to Grand Lake Saturday morning. Rather than taking the interstate we took Trail Ridge Road through the Rocky Mountain National Park on our way to Grand Lake. It was a beautiful drive topped with snow capped mountains and a HUGE heard of elk. This was our first time on Trail Ridge Road and for those of you who have traveled it you know what I mean when I say it was breath taking, literally! We had a great family weekend and even learn Marci will be welcoming her first Burger Cousin on Christmas Day! To close out the holiday weekend I celebrated my last "twenty" birthday. I couldn't have asked for a better day. We started the morning with a F16 fly over by Josh's guard unit, took a hike to Adam's Falls, had a delicious birthday cake, a memorable game of "I'm going on a picnic," and a glorious fireworks show. We've never seen fireworks like the one's in Grand Lake.
Here are a few snapshots of the weekend courtesy of Aunt Arianne. I have yet to get my downloaded off of our camera but will soon!