Lake City, CO

This past week I was able to go on a family vacation with my parents, Zach, my grandparents, great aunt and uncle and one set of aunt/uncle and cousin. It was a wonderful trip full of adventures, reading, laughter, and family. Here's the group:
One of my favorite stories is of our family rock skipping competition. For many reasons, I am a horrid rock skipper. Here is how it went down:

Round 1: Who can have the most skips.
Zach- 2 awesome skips.
Dad- One solid skip.
Kimbo- kerplunk.

Round 2: Whose skips are the longest.
Zach- It went what seemed like 100 meters.
Dad- It went. That's all that matters.
Kimbo- kerplunk.

Round 3: Who can have the most creative rock skip.
Zach- Something with lots of skips and long distances.
Dad- Some really creative idea. Not a lot of follow through.
Kimbo- "On the count of three I'm gonna make this small pebble land in the water about 15 times larger than it is in my hand." (slip a massive rock under my jacket, and turn so they don't pick up on my slyness) "One, two, three!" (I threw that massive boulder out and BOOYAH! Small pebble grew about 15 times larger and KERPLUNKS!)

Kimbo wins creative round... some things never change. :)

Now I will attempt to give you a glimpse of the trip through photos.
All of the men and I hiked up Handies Peak on Tuesday. It was my first fourteener (mountain over 14,000 ft. high). It was an experience... beautiful, daunting, and painful, but I am so glad I was able to experience hiking a fourteener. Zach and I after about a mile or so in. The hike was about 4 miles up and back... 8 total for those not good at math. :)
Overlooking the top.
Zach, me and Dad on top.
This is the entire group (or "the Fellowship" as I liked to refer to us on our journey) on top... after we all summited together with my grandfather. It was epic. (totally Lord of the Rings-esque)And this is my favorite little friend, the marmot. I love the little furry creatures! If I could have slipped it under my jacket, I would've.
This is a quaint little church from the cute town.
Here I am kayaking in the lake. That was fun too... I love water, and mountains, and being in water in the mountains!

It was a wonderful trip. Very few things are better than Colorado in the summer. Thanks Dad for taking us and planning this wonderful trip! :)