crested butte

Fuquay family vacation 2011 took us to a new spot in Colorado - Crested Butte!  After 3 years in Breckenridge we ventured to central Colorado and really enjoyed it.  it seemed greener, more open and somehow even more beautiful than the front range.

we enjoyed an easy family hike one day with brooks in his backpack and kate in the snuggli.  the kids loved the mountains and even shared a room for the whole week with no trouble.  brooks loved riding his trike in the driveway and playing golf in the backyard.  we also found a park in town and the house had a play fort with swings.

christmas card?

two nights we made a bonfire in the backyard fire pit and toasted smores.  it was brooks's first smores experience, and even though he can't eat the chocolate, he really liked the rest.  even kate wanted in on the action - she said "forget rice cereal, i want the good stuff."

maybe we'll be back in 2012 - this place was amazing!  thanks mimi and granddaddy for an incredible week. 

weekend getaway

so fun that we were able to spend mother's day weekend (and also richard's birthday weekend) in vail.  it was a great getaway - wonderful weather, beautiful scenery and lots of time to just relax.  no laundry, no chores, no yardwork, no shopping - just watching basketball (go mavs!) and baseball (come on rockies, pull it together!) and spending time together. 

playing with daddy in vail

kate on her first "hike" - we really only made it about 300 yards before it got too snowy on the trail and we had to turn back!  not our best effort.

kate happy to be in beaver creek for the afternoon

brooks all tired out from our "relaxing" weekend

Crooked Creek

This past weekend it was so much fun to take Brooks (and Richard) to Young Life camp for the first time.  We had a leadership weekend with about 400 other volunteers and staff from Colorado at Crooked Creek Ranch in Fraser, CO.  Richard couldn't come for the whole time but was able to join us on Saturday for a beautiful day in the mountains. 

Brooks wanted to drive the Ridge Runners right out of the place.

Of course, we found the basketball court quite a few times.

And also the sand volleyball - so much fun at camp!

a fuquay tradition

Fuquay Family Vacation 2010 - Breckenridge, Colorado

what a fun week with all the fuquays in colorado - so relaxing.  We watched a movie, played quite a few games of Catan, ate like kings, played golf twice and enjoyed walking in town most days.  the boys also did a 14er (Gray's Peak)!

all the boys with their polo ponies :)

the highest tee box in north america!  we had so much fun playing at Copper Creek again - what a beautiful course!

RMNP

when your husband only has 4 days off every month, you really start to look at every day off like a vacation. yesterday, richard suggested we take a family road trip up to Rocky Mountain National Park (about 2 hours away) for a day of pretty driving and maybe a little hiking. RMNP is a destination for families, hikers and cyclists from across the country and around the world - we are so lucky to have it in our backyard and just go up for the day.
We drove a beautiful road to 12,000 ft called the Trail Ridge Road and stopped along the way for many breathtaking vistas. At the top, we visited the Visitor's Center and learned that the building is under snow for nearly 7 months of the year! The land up there is officially tundra (Alpine Tundra)!

Brooks had a great day on our little trip. Without much planning, his naps and meals just lined up with our stops and he even got to go on a short hike to a beautiful lake in the snuggli. He was the cutest little mountian man!

Whether you live in Colorado or not, Rocky Mountain National Park is worth the trip. We can't wait to go back when Brooks is older and we can camp out, go on more hikes and even do some fishing.

more vacation fun!

A few more pics from Brooks' summer travels...he has really been busy!

Visiting with friends Heather & Henry and their daughter, Karla, in Toronto. Brooks made quite an entrance - this picture was taken just seconds before a terrible blow-out and a very public diaper change in the Maag's living room! Nice job Brooks - way to make a good first impression!

Karla has been working on her knitting skills and made this cute hat for Brooks. we had a few good laughs at the shape, but it's still adorable!

Then on to Breckenridge with the Fuquays for a week! Richard celebrated his first father's day with his dad too.

I just love this one of Brooks with his new monkey as his cheeks look like the monkey! this is a new favorite toy at the moment - just his size!

Brooks on his first hike with the whole fam - he slept through most of it in the snuggli.

chillin' with daddy in the mountains - this is the life!

2008 - off to a GREAT start

We couldn't ask for a better way to bring in the end of 2007 than with an awesome win for the Deacs in the Mieneke Car Care Bowl! Go Deacs!

With the McCollums in from Dallas and Christy Parker here all the way from Denmark, we spent new year's up in Keystone at the Lewis's mountain house. Like a typical girls wake trip, we played lots of mexican train and laughed about old times. Only this time, we brought the boys along for the fun!

On New Year's Eve we braved -5* temperatures in River Run to see some great fireworks. While the Starbucks was out of almost every drink, some of us managed to warm up a little bit!


Happy 29th Em - what a great way to ring in the New Year!

almost a 14er

Another awesome day in the mountains!

With little sleep, we hit I-70 this morning to get an early start hiking Grey's Peak (just west of Georgetown, Colorado). Grey's Peak is one of about 50 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado (14ers) and would be the first ever for andrea (and arnie), but not for richard (or dirk)!

The route proved to be rougher, steeper, longer, snowier, rockier, and just plain harder than andrea had expected...but after about 4 hours on the trail we made it to about 13,500 feet. While not quite to the summit still an awesome day.

The views from the top were absolutely incredible - we were looking down on other "big" mountains and even saw a mountain goat fairly close up. The snow was up to our knees in places and the trail was often icy, and we can't wait to make another 14er attempt later this summer.