Jordan Wedding and Colorado Trip!

We have not even arrived back home yet from a very dream vacation of bliss but I am blogging about it while I have the internet! (Crazy that I can have internet in my car while driving through southern Utah but not in my own house haha)

Anyway, we went to Colorado to attend the joyous wedding of my dear lifelong friend Jordan Bloesser! We of course turned it into a trip and decided to do some Colorado camping and hiking while we were there. 

I felt like the Carters; we left the family reunion at 1030 Thursday, went home and slept until 530 then drove to Elberta to watch Jamie and LaDon in their race! It was fun! I wish I could've seen more of it. But then we were right back into the car to drive to Colorado. 

We made it to the base of Mt. Elbert and set up camp in a cool Rocky Mountain forest near a sweet lake where we fished/played in the dirt.

Billy caught three little ones that looked especially small considering our recent catfish adventures. 

The summit of Mt. Elbert is in the background

We roasted up the fish and they were delish!

In the morning we hiked Mt. Elbert! It's 14443, the highest mountain in the Rockies and the second highest in the lower 48. Cool! But spoiler alert, we didn't make it all the way to the top.

Truman was beyond exhausted. We turned around once towards the beginning because he was just crying but when he fell asleep we went back up. Selfish parents!

It's a very hiked mountain! So many people were hiking. 

It was beautiful, breathtaking, mountain goodness. We were in absolute heaven. 

It was very windy and cold as we passed treeline and got closer to the top and Truman was not a fan (we weren't really prepared for cold) so we turned around before we summitted. I thought I would be sad to not make it to the top, but Truman was the happier soul for it and it was a beautiful hike going that high anyway!

The lake we fished at from a different view

We zipped over to G&G's then got ready for the wedding! It was perfect, perfect, perfect. I was so happy for Jordan and her now husband seems like a real quality guy (he better be!)

They held the ceremony outside and I was impressed at the religious feel of it. I've never been to a wedding outside of the temple so I wasn't sure what to expect but it was a beautiful ceremony. 

And it was short! I guess I didn't expect that it would be long but then there was a period of snacking and exploring while they took pictures. Black Forest is beautiful!

Dinner was fun because our seating assignment fortunately put us next to some of my old Doherty XC friends, and it was very joyous to catch up! Also, Truman spilled water everywhere and smeared beans and rice all over himself so, entertainment! 

After dinner they had toasts, which were tender and sincere. I have always loved Jordan's parents (there's a reason she's so good and pure) and they were clearly overwhelmed with emotion. Her dad gave a very dear and tender dad toast. It was sweet. 

We were so happy to be invited and Jordan was the most beautiful, selfless and deserving bride. I am so happy for them! And it was so good to just drink up my Colorado roots with those Colorado people in that Colorado place. Such pure joy. 

G&G were wonderful hosts and we loved staying in their beautiful house. We left this morning, stopped in Grand Junction for church and drank up some more beautiful Colorado scenery and just got to be together, which is my most favorite part of any ol thing. 

And of course, there was much exclamations of joy and random picture snapping of the Peak. I was sad to not have really visited it, but Elbert and the drive through the Collegiates treated us well so the views of the Peak were sufficient. It is as magnificent and nostalgic as ever. 

We drove to PG for dinner with the Hiatts then to SoJo for Ally's wonderful baptism. It was sweet and great as well. 

I love the Carter life! Onward!