Amazing miracle of life!

It's incredible how amazing life can be! Both Sara and Justin as well as Ernest and Jennette both welcomed their beautiful baby girls into this world on the same day within a few hours!

Jennette went into the hospital on the 29th to be induced, while Sara's water ended up breaking later that night. While Jennette's labor seemed it would last for days, Sara's went quick but at about noon the doctors realized she needed to have a C-section. Our beautiful niece, Rowan Lee Mackey, entered this world on July 30th, 2010 at 12:44 pm. She was 7 pounds 13 ounces with a full head of long, dark hair! A few short hours later, at 4:29, our equally beautiful goddaughter, Colbie Carmelita, joined her parents. She was 6 pounds 11 ounces, and 20 inches long. She is also rockin' the dark hair! It was a fun day to have both these little girls arrive! And it definitely makes it easier on us! Only one birthday to remember for two special little girls! Can't wait to meet Rowan, but glad we have Colbie here to love on until then!

Family camping trip.

Scott and I joined Robin, Craig, dad and the boys for a quick camping trip for the weekend. Mom decided to stay back in case Sara was ready to have baby girl Mackey. We have been to this spot a few times and are never disappointed, and this trip was no exception!

Right when we got there we decided to try a hike that Craig knew about. However, making a three mile hike with five kids (the Eisenreich's neighbors joined us with their 3 kids) may have been a little optimistic. We only made it up one mile, but still had a good time.

Caught this little brookie while crossing one of the streams early on in the hike.Cole and I taking a litte break.Robin and Davis, he was such a good little hiker! But I guess I would be too if I got carried the whole way!The moose are amazing up there. We always see at least a few, and this year we saw a few big bulls. Cole is having success with potty-training, and in the woods it was going even better! He definitely isn't shy about it! We had a fun time watching the kids catch fish, and Cole loved watching Papa out on his belly boat.The sunset was amazing! So we took the time for a photo-op!Late on Saturday a few more of Robin and Craig's friends joined us. Scott and I always have fun with Craig and Gillian and it was great catching up with them! So another great camping trip for our summer! Now we only have a few weeks until our backpacking trip! And that will definitely be a once in a lifetime experience! At least for me! :)

Beating the heat...

...or so we tried. By escaping to Estes Park for a quick weekend getaway. Unfortunately, Estes was just a few degrees cooler than Denver, but we did have a good time despite the heat. We took a short drive through the park as well as a walk to the Holzwarth Ranch, the old Ranch that was a park of RMNP. We saw this bull elk on the way out of the park.

Maddie spent some time hunting...

...this marmot.

At the entrance to the ranch.We all had some fun being goofy. Me with this fish...Scott in an old ranch hat...And Ernest and Dad posing for a prego pic! But I think Ernest and Jennette pulled off the prego pics much better! We are so excited for them and are so anxious to meet their little girl!!After the drive up and stopping to get some maternity pics done for Ernest and Jennette, we did a little shopping and ate lunch at the Brewery. Because of the heat we just wanted to relax and enjoy the company, so we headed back to the hotel and just relaxed by the river. It was a quick trip, but very relaxing and gave us all a great chance to spend time together and laugh a lot! Can't really beat that!!