Evergreen

Sometimes I wonder why I commit myself to big projects like posting all about Hawaii. I am never going to finish that! I will try here and there, but before we know it a year will have passed and everyone will be wondering why am I still living in the past (unless you have been to Hawaii - then you will know why!). Plus it makes my procrastination so visible! Jeesh. I have to stop doing that...

At any rate, pause on the Hawaii posts and let's take a peek into this fantastic little Saturday outing we took this weekend to Evergreen...

Every time we come up over the hill at this point in the mountain drive, it just takes my breath away... it's such a beautiful sight and so majestic!

 

We had a great little picnic together before walking around the lake. The girls are very into picnics right now, so we are doing as many as we possibly can! Mommy & Daddy got grinders from a new favorite restaurant in Arvada (Goombas ... yum!) and we brought our lunch out to the lawn to enjoy on a BEAUTIFUL afternoon.

 Then we set up for our hike around the lake...

This is the last picture of Amberlin with her favorite little Disneyland sunhat. Just after this picture was taken a certain brilliant mommy let her wear it into the porta-potty. Let's just say we came out without it. It took a few minutes to calm her sobbing in between statements of "I forgive you, Mommy... it was a terrible accident!" Ugh. Bummer mom moment. I sure hope Disneyland is still selling those...

I don't think I have ever seen a mountain lake that I didn't think was beautiful and this one is no exception. It's so close to us that I was thinking it wouldn't be much to get excited about - but it was really beautiful and one of these days we'll be able to rent some of the pedal-boats without having to worry about our toddler falling into the water. For the purpose of this trip, a hike did just fine.

 Play time in the stream! The girls were so excited to get their shoes off and get in the water!

Amberlin was a hoot on these bridges... it freaked her out that she could see in between the wood planks and she thought the bridge was going to fall apart. At one point a plank that I was stepping on moved and her eyes got as big as saucers, her mouth dropped and she yelled "It's MOVING!" Lol... the humor may not translate into writing but take it from me... it was hilarious.

The puppet show theater they have for kids to play at in the Lake House was really cute. This kept Amberlin entertained for quite a while. I would show you pictures of the puppets, but she kept them all turned toward her during her show. :)

Then we just took our shoes off and played in the water for a little while. We threw rocks, ran from ducks, watched the pedal boats and  paddle-boarders. It was the perfect lazy Saturday!

 

 

  

 

 

 

It was an early-to-bed evening after all of the fun, so Andy and I ended up getting some quiet time together sitting on the front porch after the kids were down. What an awesome view on that evening! The perfect ending to the perfect family day (Well, except the whole dropping the expensive hat in the porta-potty thing.).

God has blessed us so much with so many wonderful family memories - this is just another one to add to the list!