This is Why We Moved to CO

On Easter morning, we packed up the kids (and their sippy cups and their extra clothes and their new trains from their Easter baskets and their snacks...) and headed to Deer Creek Canyon, about 40 minutes away.

It was our first real hike as a family...

...and it was breathtaking and amazing.

Everyone hiked for a while,

and there was so much to explore...

and to climb!

Our littlest hiker was pretty serious about showing us he could handle the hike, and he vehemently protested being carried...at all.

There were so many moments where we just stopped and looked at each other and said, "THIS is why we moved to Colorado. Right here."

And right here.

And right here.

After we reached the top (whoohoo!) we had a little picnic lunch.

And after filling their tummies, the kids were both ready to be carried down the mountain.

Could the two of them be any cuter?

It was an amazing day - a perfect, blue skies, mountain kind of day. The kind of day you just want to have again. And again. And again.

And we can...because THIS is why we moved to Colorado.