It's been about three months since my last post, much to at least one friend's disappointment. However, the following blog will show partially what I have been doing in that span of time. It has been approximately a year and five months since I first moved to Denver and I cannot imagine a better place to be living! In the time that I have spent here, I have managed to climbed three 14,000 foot peaks, scramble to the top of the largest sand dune in the US, play on three different soccer teams, and in just under two weeks, I will go on my first Outward Bound Course in southern Utah! Not to mention, all of my friends decided to get married this summer, so I was quite busy traveling to witness the blessed events.
(Left) Snow Shoeing in Winter Park 
(Right) Hiking in the Northwest in
between weddings
During every season of the year, I have had the awesome opportunity to bask in the beauty of God's creation in the outdoors. Colorado offers recreational activities in nature all year round! (If it sounds like I'm trying to sell some of you on coming out here.....well, I am!) I was fortunate enough to have a flexible schedule that allowed me to leave work and get out to enjoy some of the most amazing views of mountains, valleys, lakes, and trees that I have ever experienced!
Growing up in the Southwest, there aren't many seasonal changes that occur, but in Colorado, to witness the aspens change from a deep green to brown with yellows, oranges, and reds in between....FANTASTIC! I feel extremely blessed to have lived here for such a short amount of time, and already to have experienced so much beauty and adventure! Hopefully these pictures reflect even a fraction of the awesomeness that the real deal posseses.
After a long 11.5 mile hike in the Collegiate Mountain Range
up Missouri Mountain, a feeling of accomplishment was in the air.
Beauty is all around us, no matter if we are walking down a bustling sidewalk in New York City, or all alone atop a peak in the Rockies. Hopefully we can all remember to take the time to see the beauty that surrounds us, and thank the one who gives us that opportunity. Sometimes life flies by and we don't notice the little things....what beauty have you seen lately?
