Happy Fourth of July

Hey Everyone!

We had a great fourth of July weekend. We went to the four corner's area of Colorado. We stayed the first night in Cortez and went to visit the Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde. The kids thought it was so fabulous, and we did too. Note for future reference: Do not eat the Mexican Food.



We headed up to Telluride for a fun two day event for the 4th. We took the kids on a couple of "death marches". The first was up to a beautiful waterfall. It was over 1 hour all up hill. Our kids were such troopers. They hardly complained and everyone walked except Lydia. We will forgive her.



The next "death march" came when we took a gondola ride up to the mountain village. We got off at the first stop ... .who knew there were three?! So, we hiked to the mountain village. This time it was a little harder because none of us had hiking shoes on. But, again, the kids were amazing. I think we can officially call them hikers.



Telluride had a fun 4th of July parade. The kids scored big time on candy flung from the floats. Lincoln had fun hoarding the loot and telling Cora and Brig to bring him more.



We wish you could have been with us. It was a very fun weekend.



Lots of love, Rick, Marisa, Cora, Lincoln, Brigham, Lydia, and nugget