Family Vacation--Rocky Mountain Trip

Here are more pictures of our trip to the Rockies. The kids were fantastic car travelers (esp. for their first cross country car trip) and absolutely loved the mountains. Since Mike and I are not beach goers it's a good thing mountains are also in our kids' blood. Jackson was a great hiker and hiked 6 miles his first day! We had so much fun being with family too. It's been almost 3 years since we were all together.

Here is a view from the house balcony where lots of grilling took place Here we are all on our first day hike

There was so much snow and Jackson said that was his favorite part of many hikes. This particular hike we couldn't make our destination because of all the snow but we gave it a good try Anna was quite the trooper too

Here's one of our lunch spots

Dow and Jackson crossing a creek

Jackson throwing snowballs

Anna enjoying climbing over the snow

Hanging out on the deck one evening enjoying the view

Three siblings FINALLY all together again

Another fabulous lunch spot!! Wish I could eat lunch here every day

All the guys (plus Anna) taking a short break

The original 5 Mowrers

And the new four

Jackson and Uncle Tim make a snowman

All the kids---wait---where's Mike?

Having fun enjoying some shopping one night in Estes Park

The big kids out on the town

And after a good day of hiking who doesn't like soaking in a hot tub overlooking the Rocky Mountains?

We miss it already. Such a great time with family and exploring the mountains!