Steamboat Springs

So Rachel and I decided that we desperately needed a vacation. So we drove 4 hours to steamboat springs and had lots of fun.
Here are pics from the activites :)

starting the road trip

what you surprised i posted a self portrait ?
beautiful colorado scenery on the way there

rachel getting mauled by the bear

a great place we hiked to that was past the waterfall and not crowded with lots of people

rachel and cold pretty water

feet and mtn water

see I am strong ;)

and sassy

rachel is strong too

find me if you can

genie in a bottle

rachel and I took a gondola to the top of a mountain and here are some pics from that :)

These pics were taken out of the window on the way home

oh beautiful colorado.

I love living here.

So we also went to the natural hot springs.

They were in the middle of the mountains

and rachel and I did not realize until the drive there

that on the paper it stated

CLOTHES WERE OPTIONAL AFTER DARK!!!

oh my gosh is all I can say.

Lots of nakedness. :)

I was uncomfortable, he he.

Thoughts

Across the board continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword.

On one side of that sword, there lies convention and tradition and order where

"all is correct."

But on the other side of that sword, if you're crazy enough to cross it and choose a life that does not follow convention and

"all is confusion, nothing follows regular course"

A woman's argument was the the crossing

of the shadow

of the

sword

may bring a far

more

interesting existence to a

woman.

But you can bet it will also be more perilous

-Virginia Woolf

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly

then

to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

-Bhagavad Gito, ancient Indian Yogic text

Admittedly, I am not

the one who looks

fantastic in everything

however

I

cannot help but

love

myself

anyways.

My thoughts on my life today.

Insecure, but ok with that.

Looking around I see that I will make it

God, is in control.

Thank goodness for that.

Amen.

My 27th birthday.

Went to Il Vicino for dinner with my girls.

Then

We went to America the Beautiful Park

for presents and cupcakes

made by rachel

My great friends

Dinner at Il Vicinos
Attempting a pyramid

Pretty sunset

Another shot.

Bestie and me.

Thanks to my girls for a great night.

They got me a bike basket and accessories for my birthday

Pics to come.

Rachel got me a bike helmet cause my old one,

made me looked like I rode the short bus. :)

All in all great birthday

and my 80s kickball party

is still

to come :)

Shawna and Bella

Recently, I got to hang out with Shawna and bella

Beautiful girls like shawna make beautiful little girls like bella :)
Kisses.

See what I mean?

Bella attempting to give the camera a kiss.

cuteness.

How could you not love this little girl?

They are both precious to me.

I grew up

here.

In the summers.

My family had a cottage up here on this lake

Every summer was spent here.

Every weekend.

Playing in the water.

I think I could swim

before

I could walk.

I have so many fond memories from this place.

So this week my parents are vacationing

up at the lake

and my dad sent me this pic, below
of a
fawn
he found
in the woods.

He told me it was not hurt
but sensed the nature lover in him
so the fawn did not run away :)

What a cool thing to experience.

My dad is a nature lover,

I get that from him.

Being out in God's creation and adoring

beauty.

Wish I could've been there to have a fawn suck on my finger.