Each year, we take a 3 day weekend away from the kiddos and reality and spend it on the water with a few of our favorite people. Now, I can't share 'all' the stories and pics as this is a "Family Blog" - but will try to share a few. For instance - I will only give you the mental pic of seven white butts mooning us from Broke-Back Mountain. An image that is unfortunately burned into my brain (as well as on my camera). We really lucked out on weather as we had no rain. I think this was a first in years. That meant plenty of time on the water!
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| Sarah, Jim & Angie enjoying some lake time |
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| The only way to enjoy the lake...floating on noodles |
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| Angie, Kendall, Sarah, Amy & Emily relaxing |
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| Kendall demonstrating what her husband looks like |
Pueblo was a LOT lower than normal this year; which meant we couldn't reside in our normal cove. We did find a nice one though. It had a wonderful Broke-back mountain, very few other boats and a wonderful sea couch to rest on.
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"Six little speckled frogs - Sittingon a speckled log
Eating the most delicious lunch - Yum, Yum, Yum
One jumped into a pool - Where it was nice and cool...." |
Our first night was pretty great. We had a few different types of chili to enjoy and of course a nice fire for ambiance. It might have been too hot out, but we sure enjoyed it anyway.
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| Geoff relaxing on his "off" day while Lee enjoys some chili |
Whew - we survived Day One. Onto Day Two! Another beautiful day with weather, laughter and fun.
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| Erika, Angie & Kris enjoying some sun |
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| Carey & Kris doing the "naked" dance |
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| Curtis & Erika fighting the effects of the sun |
We even got some skiing in! Amy only went for about ten minutes, but boy was her back sore the next day! It was fun just to be able to have some smooth water to play on. Hard to find in Colorado. The ski pics are (in order) Erika, Angie and Amy.
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| Erika preparing to water ski |
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| The boys navigating down Broke back |
Sarah had a great idea this year. She thought it would be fun to rent two paddle boards for us to peacefully wander the water. It was great in theory and I believe several of the women LOVED enjoying beautiful scenery with only the sound of their paddle in the water. Only one word to describe it - "Serene".
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| See, doesn't Amy look at Peace? |
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| Emily what are you holding? Is that your bathing suit? |
Well; what started out as a relaxing day on the water turned pretty quickly and the paddle boards turned into Gladiator Tourture Boards! Yup - that is what happens when boys get involved.
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| The initial Approach... |
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| Game On! |
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| OK, Kris - I think they need a line judge |
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| Is tackling in the rule book? |
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Looks like you lost your paddle, Josh...
"Oh oh... Josh looks determined!" |
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| Hmm... A husband-wife competition... this can't end well |
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| "Wait hun - can you please let me win?" |
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| Guess Not - "Boom! Take That, Amy!" |
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| Josh was the champion of of Torture Boards |
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| Using a coozie as sun coverage on your toes - Genius |
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| "Finish Him" |
Our second evening was a wonderful meal prepared by Geoff and Josie. As you can see below ... no one else helped. We just enjoyed the show. Geoff prepared some yummy ribeyes and Josie took care of the side dishes. It was Amazing! We were treated royaly while camping with such fine food each and every meal. One thing to notice in the pic below of the group is the haze. There was a large fire near Pueblo that weekend (which made us question why we were able to have camp fires still). At any rate; I have never inhaled so much ash in my life. It did make a beautiful sunset though. Crazy that something so damaging is so beautiful.
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| The crew patiently waiting for food |
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| The chef keeping an eye dinner |
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| Josie preparing the dinner salads |
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| Time for a nap after a great meal |
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| Is this a conga line or rehabbing from torture boards? |
Day three was short and not so sweet. What started out as another awesome day of water sports and relaxing turned into an episode of Greys Anatomy. Poor Carey was wading in the water and stepped on a lure with a three prong hook. Went straight into his foot! Ouch! Hmm.. I'm seeing a trend. Erika was hit by a prop last year and went to the ER ... now Carey headed to the ER with a hook in his foot. Yup - we will definitely be ensuring everyone has their tetanus shots updated prior to Pueblo next year!
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| Kris performing surgery on Carey to no avail |
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| It's not another round of torture boards, back to paddle boarding |
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Always good to know a Ranger
(especially when it is Erika's Bro, Joe!) |
All in all - Another Successful Pueblo weekend. We enjoyed our crew and the weather. Can't wait for next year's trip - maybe we hit a different lake to change things up - who knows!
