Thursday, July 10, 2014

A Trip to Colorado

Hi guys! Today I'm finally getting around to sharing some snapshots from my family's trip to Colorado a couple of weeks ago for my cousin's wedding! Please forgive the quality of some of the photos- my old iPhone can only do so much!

The above photo was taken on our ride from the airport to our hotel. I honestly can't get over how gorgeous Colorado is. Despite my Aunt and her family living there pretty much my whole life, I had never managed to visit before. I'm so glad this lovely occasion finally brought me out there! Our first night we spent some time with family and then hit the hay- it was a long day of travel.
My mom and I were both determined to keep up with our exercise routines when we were on our trip and headed out for a walk near our hotel the morning after we arrived. I was (breathlessly- altitude, whew!) noting all the pretty birds native to the area, and then thought I saw a bunny. But that was no bunny- it was a prairie dog!!! My mom and I proceeded to squeal like idiots for a full 5 minutes at how cute these little guys were, making ourselves completely obvious as tourists. Apparently the folks of Colorado don't appreciate the damage these cute little dudes can do to their land and houses, but we still thought they were adorable!
Later that day, my family and I headed to the natural history museum. We checked out all sorts of awesome gems and minerals, animal dioramas, and fossils, and took advantage of some good photo-ops! You can see I got a kick out of being a (blurry) moose, and my whole family hammed it up by this T-rex skull. We were laughing so hard at these photos we may have caused a bit of a ruckus!

After the museum we headed over to visit with more family and friends. It was so nice catching up with my relatives and hearing all about what they've been getting up to lately.
The next morning, we went for a long walk at a gorgeous state park, where we saw cacti, snakes, birds, and gorgeous rock formations. After thoroughly tiring ourselves out, we had lunch with our extended family and then headed back to the hotel to relax and get ready for the wedding.

The wedding itself was at a gorgeous country club with those gorgeous red rocks as the backdrop to the ceremony. The wedding had all sorts of gorgeous details like the amazing wooden place cards my cousin, Joy, created. She's so incredibly talented, it blows me away! I managed to save the day when the bustle on my cousin's wedding dress broke (I knew my time working at a bridal boutique would come in handy someday!); cried my eyes out during the father daughter dance (as usual. Sigh); and danced my butt off. As you can see, my family couldn't get enough of our T-rex poses, so here we are, at it again, in formal attire. We crack ourselves up :)

After the wedding, we headed back to the hotel, said goodbyes to our extended family, packed, and got a few hours of sleep before heading back to Seattle first thing in the morning the next day.

All in all, it was a wonderful trip and so nice to see all my family together- especially for such a joyous occasion!

Til next time!
-Becca

16 comments:

  1. I still can't get over how your dad makes the most perfect T-Rex face. I was just thinking about the dinosaur wedding photo this morning - so brought a big smile to my face to see it again! So fun to relive the memories from the weekend. And thanks for your sweet words about my work! Means the world to me. <3

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  2. Gophers and geodes! Looks awesome. I love how color coordinated your family's wedding outfits turned out to be. I took a 14 hour road trip up into Indiana to visit my nephew this past weekend. I went with my parents and my youngest sister who is 25. Four adults laughing and drinking all weekend. Now I miss not being with them.

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    1. Thank you! We totally didn't plan it, but even the whole extended family coordinated nicely!

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  3. looks like you had a great time! I would love to visit colorado sometime

    Jessica
    Jump Into Puddles

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  4. Sounds like you had an awesome time! I live on the east coast and most of my family lives in Oklahoma, so I know how nice it feels when you finally get to see your family and experience life in their state. Although, Oklahoma is nowhere near as beautiful as Colorado! I love the family picture, too- so cute!

    <3 Kelsey // Chaos Parade

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  5. Eeeee! Colorado is my most favourite state! Jealous!!

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    Emory

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  6. This looks amazing! You saw some incredible sights! And those dino skeletons look awesome!

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  7. Your family looks like so much fun, sounds like a great trip! Love that last picture :)

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  8. Looks like such a fun trip! You and your family are so freaking cute!

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  9. Looks like you had a blast! What a fun family! :) Love those navy dresses too! :) -Alexandra

    Simply Alexandra: My Favorite Things

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  10. We were there just a few weeks ago looking at houses and we took that same photo in front of the antlers at the museum! The dinosaurs were awesome to see :)

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    1. Nice! The security guy walked by as I was awkwardly crouched down taking that picture. They have to make an adult-height one so it's a little less awkward to take silly pictures of yourself!

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  11. It sounds like such a great trip!! I have to CO a few times as that's where my bf and his family are from and we're planning on moving there pretty soon as it's much cheaper than SoCal. CO is super pretty and the air is just so much cleaner. Those pics of your family are hilarious!

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  12. Your family looks like such a kick! I love the T-Rex imitations, haha! SO great.
    Colorado is beautiful; my great aunt and uncle live there, and I've always loved visiting them!
    xo
    Kristina
    www.eccentricowl.com

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    1. Haha, thank you! We're a bunch of goofballs, for sure. :)

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