Birthdays and other such gaiety in the CO Mountains

The last two weekends have been spent in the mountains soaking up the beauty and enjoying some cooler temperatures. We spent two weekends ago in Aspen celebrating my 25th (31st) birthday. We laid our heads at the Viceroy hotel in Snowmass Village, which was quite stylish and fun.

Matt enjoying our beautiful hike - which overlooked the masdedon dig.

Sweet glass wall separating the bedroom and the bathroom of our room

Keeping warm in July by one of the hotels beautiful fireplaces

Now you see where gaiety in the title of this blog comes from

We had one of the best meals that ever was at elina in downtown Aspen. If you haven't been there before, go... and go now. Truly couldn't have been better. The whole weekend was quite lovely!! And we almost hit a porcupine in the road - don't worry, didn't happen. We ate delicious food, hiked, went to the ballet, explored Aspen, etc... And on my actual birthday which was the Tuesday before I received a sweet new cannondale road bike (among other things:). I know, I know... I'm a lucky girl!

This weekend we thought we'd escape to the high country again... but on foot with our packs on our back. We brought the dog and went just above Nederland for an overnight trip.

Rocco packed his own food, water, and sleeping bag. He is zonked out downstairs as I'm writing this... completely spent!

Voila! Our new tent that weighs a good 40 lbs less than our last one, which made much more sense for backpacking. Matt's back is thanking us for this purchase!

My two boys hiking with their gear. Cute as can be!

Sweaty backs can indeed happen. Just saying.

Can you believe Rocco can jump so high for such a big dog. It's effortless.