Our trip into the mountains....

We decided since Nanny took Thursday off to go and do something fun. School starts next week, it will be our last chance for a while. We went to Marshall's Doctors appointment around 1:30, then we were off to the mountains for the rest of the day. Our first stop was to Green Mountain Falls. One of Nanny's favorite places to visit. They has a wonderful little lake with a Gazebo right in the middle. The boys were more interested in the Playground that was there. We were able to pull them away for a little bit.



After about 30 minutes we got back into my van and off to Pike National Forrest we went. This part was called Manitou Lake. It was a place Chris and I have been to many times when we were younger. We had some laughs,remembered some old memories of when Mom and Hank dated and how we would spend the day up there having a picnic and fishing. So it was bittersweet for some of us. On our walk on the trails we noticed a few little chipmunks running around. The boys got excited and scared a few away. But this one little guy just was happy to see them. Marshall went up slowly to see him with the boys and Caleb got a kick outta him. Anthony decided to call him Chippy. We then continued our walk and ended up about half way across the lake. All till I heard my mother scream. Andrew was running around Marshall in a narrow boardwalk that went over parts of the water and some grassy areas. Well, Andrew fell over the side right into a swampy mud area. But the mud was so soft he was starting to sink. Marshall and I grabbed him and pulled him up. Man was he a mess. Good thing I brought him some pants and his sandals. His sneakers were all covered with mud, the seat of his shorts were a mess and his shirt. UGH!!! So we quickly walked back to the van and got his new clothes and took him the the water spicket to wash him up a little. After that scare we decided to just head back to Woodland Park and find a spot to eat. We stopped at Pizza Hut of all places. We enjoyed ourselves. We got back home and those boys went straight to the bathtub. Man, I have never seen such dirty water before in my life.....