Aspen in the summer.

We took an early anniversary trip and drove up to beautiful Aspen.

I mean, what says I love you for 16 years more than a trip with your children. ;)

We picked Bill up from work in Downtown,

armed with an iced venti white chocolate mocha

I took on the mountain with my little nissan

It was a "fun" little drive up to Independence Pass.

The Colorado Department of Transportation

must have decided it was easier to leave the guard rails off

the twisty, turny, windy road

than to have to replace them.

It was a beautiful afternoon at 12,095 feet.

The kids (and I) thought it was so cool

that there was still snow on the ground

at the end of July.

Aspen is an amazingly gorgeous mountain town.

The kiddos got a kick out of the winding stream through the middle of downtown.

The dogs kepts jumping all the way in to cool off.

We road the gondola up to Apen Mountain.

F-A-N-T-A-S-T-C

Nothing says summer vacation

like an ice cream bar on the top of a mountain.

Bungee Jumping for the kids.

James flipping out. :-)

Chair lifts in the summer.

Bill drove down the mountain, and thank goodness he did.

We were stuck in traffic for an hour and a half.

And if you are going to be "stuck" you might as well be coming down the mountain.

*Grant was with G&G Daniel this weekend

so we can't wait to be able to take him back to Aspen.