July has been busy...

On July 10th I left for Colorado for my step-brother's wedding (with my brother, Chris, and our 5 kids in tow!)
My step-brother, Kyle, had asked Maren to be their flower girl so we got to hang out with the wedding party for the weekend. Maren even got to have her hair done at the salon with the bride, Breanna, and her bridesmaids. She looked so adorable!!

Maren was great at the wedding, even though she pulled a few "3-year-old stunts".
We had a lot of fun at the reception, too.
(That's just grape juice)


The next week all of us traveled to southern Colorado to stay at Grandpa & Grandma's ranch. They run a western Bed and Breakfast, with no shortage of things to do. The kids rode horses, drove the golf cart to the old ghost town,
played in the Indian Tipi, and we even got to ride in the stagecoach.
If it was up to Kate, she would move in there. She loves being around all of the horses. Her favorite thing in the world is horseback riding.
Her favorite horse, Bugs.

Brewster, the Belgian draught horse.
Grandpa collects carriages and buggies. He has some really neat ones. Here are just a few...


Christopher loves hanging out with Grandpa.
And Maren was digging the donkeys, they liked her, too, cuz she was their size!

Maren loved her new pink cowgirl boots!


We had so much fun at the ranch! When we left to drive home, we decided to go through New Mexico and Arizona along they way. We went to Taos, NM, which I fell in love with!! Can't wait to go back there someday. We also hit Shiprock, NM--very impressive!! Then we finished it off with Four Corners, CO, UT, AZ and NM!! What a trip. It was really fun to do this trip with my brother, who I am great friends with. Love ya, Chris!