But Sunday's hike to Burning Bear Creek changed my mind!!! While it may not be quite as awe-inspiring as the peak of fall color in the midwest, the combo of the yellow aspens and evergreens is pretty amazing!
It was a perfect day to get to the mountains! We had record breaking heat in Denver, so the mountains were in the 70's... aaahhhh... This trail was super shady, so I didn't get very many good pictures of the fam. I don't really understand how to get good pictures when the subject is shady, but the background is crazy bright. 
And then, of course, there is Oliver's smile to contend with.
It was a perfect day to get to the mountains! We had record breaking heat in Denver, so the mountains were in the 70's... aaahhhh... This trail was super shady, so I didn't get very many good pictures of the fam. I don't really understand how to get good pictures when the subject is shady, but the background is crazy bright. And then, of course, there is Oliver's smile to contend with.
But the scenery was pretty gorgeous! Avery brought her classroom stuffed animal, Lars, along for the hike. We had to document everything we did while he was with us, so this was for her project.
This was such a skinny part of the trail- where we eventually ran into some cows blocking the path! We made that our turn around point!
Exploring the rocks around the waterfall... our kids FAVORITE part of hiking. This actual hike was pretty unrocky and Avery was getting bored because she couldn't have 'adventures'!!
Then we started letting her go off the trail and she had a much better time!!!!
Yup, I was there too!
Gorgeous!!!
And then I snuck around him and sure enough...
Sound asleep!!!!
Getting used to the bounce house with daddy...
It didn't take long before he was going crazy!!!!
Present time!!!!
Ollie and a moose.
And Avery's faaaaavvvorrrite!!!!! All ready to ride a pony!!
Oliver is following in sister's footsteps!! His first time on a pony!!
This morning Oliver woke up sad. He said he was scared of a big truck in his window (he says this most days, and that he's scared of Uncle Adam... NO IDEA where that one came from!!!). But Avery was rubbing his back and said, "Oliver, its ok... when you get bigger, you'll start to understand life." Whaaa??? The life wisdom of a kindergartener!! 
Heading up to the building with dad and Oliver.
Do a project with Daddy!!
Ta-da... I'm a kindergartener!!!!
Look at the happy munchkins! Look at all of that extra space just waiting for visitors!! 
So, yeah... Oliver's been wearing these lately!!! The little Thomas bottom... it's just about too cute for words!! We're not doing anything super consistently and he's only successfully used the potty once... but he's just so cute!
Playing with sister in the sandbox. Yes, she's wearing her pj's!
Avery was all ready for kindergarden meet-n-greet!!! She got to go and meet her teacher and some classmates. She also got her picture taken today. Can't believe her first day is in 4 days!!! Amazing!
Oliver wanted his picture taken, too! 
