Colorado Adventures

We sure had a great summer--I'm kinda reluctant to see it end.  Rosie and I have had so much fun playing together, especially when Daddy comes home and we can all spend time as a family.  This was one of our summer highlights, and Rosie's longest trip to date: our Fuller family reunion in Colorado.

Rosie was an angel in the car--crying for less than an hour of the fifteen+ hours we spent driving.

We took a quick break at the Monticello Temple in Utah (I'd never seen it) and then continued on the Mesa Verde National Park.  Awesome structures! And Rosie liked the little hike we took.

We rode the Silverton train up from Durango and Rosie loved being with all of her cousins for the first time, not to mention sleeping on the bumpy train.  We loved the view--such a fun experience!

We rested in Silverton before taking the long bus ride back--we were all pretty tired by that point!

The next day we stopped by a larger family reunion (Dustin's mother's side) and got to ride horses!!!  I hadn't been able to ride in ages, and I loved it!  Dustin didn't do so shabby either :)

The best part of summer is getting to spend time with the people you love.

Who woulda Thunk...?

   I indulged and read all 7 Harry Potters over the summer during Rosie's nap-time when I was supposed to be doing laundry and grad school prep instead :)  SO AMAZING.  Really, Rowling has created something to be proud of.  I found myself tearing up near the close of the 7th--she did great, and the movies don't do it justice at all.  Even though the are only YA fiction, they've had an influence on my life, and I will always love them.

 AND...I guess subconsciously they've had a bigger impact than I suspected.  As I was reading through the very end (I haven't read the 7th book since it came out--and that was in less than 24 hours--and it was like reading a whole new book; I'd forgotten so much!) I couldn't believe my eyes!  Ron and Hermione's first child is a girl...and they name her Rosie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To be perfectly correct, they name her Rose (just like if I was perfectly correct, we named our daughter Rosalee) but we both all our daughters ROSIE!  Laugh if you must, but I was delighted and promptly told everyone I met that wee that my daughter was named after Harry Potter--who knew, huh?!?!?!

  So yes, Rowling, you've changed my life :)  Gotta love it.

Cinderella wants a nap

Sleeping Beauty probably would have loved to spend hours and hours in a castle with her prince, and Belle couldn't stand it.
   But Sleeping Beauty is probably illiterate.

Rapunzel up in her tower would have thought seven dwarfs to keep her company an awesome boon.

A glass slipper (or shoes of any kind) would have cramped Pocahontas' style.

Jasmine found her prince by leaving a palace; Ariel found hers by arriving at one.

Mulan wanted out of her fine silks, yet Cinderella dreamed of being dressed like a princess.

Tell me Cinderella wouldn't love to switch Aurora for some beauty sleep.


These are rather silly examples, but it makes one think.

Because we always want what we don't have.

  Be happy with your fairy tale, and make your dreams reality!