Taylor Park Reservoir

The Hog Trough also known as Taylor Park Reservoir, is filled with HUGE, fat Rainbow Trout.  Ben has been reading about it in all the major fishing magazines.  The amazing amount of Trout right below the reservoir dam was amazing see.  The fish were actually swimming around Ben's feet while he was fishing.  Huge...I mean HUGE Rainbow trout were everywhere.  The biggest I've ever seen!  Here are some fun pictures of the fish.

The Process of Catching a Fish.  Rod Up. Net Out. Quick Swoop. And you have a trophy fish!

Look at all those fish!!  Awesome!  Brook and Rainbow Trout were in abundance!

P.S....

This is what I was doing

P.S.S.......

As you noticed the camping tent.  This is how the story begins.....

Ben:  Honey do you want to go camping at Taylor this weekend?

Cassie:  That sounds like alot of fun.  Let me get everything ready.  You think just a sweatshirt, sweatpants and a comforter will do?

Ben:  Yeah, that should be fine.

~Arriving at the campsite

Cassie:  This is so much fun.  Nice, quiet, cozy.  Maybe if we feel like it we can stay another night.

Ben:  Definitely

~2:00 A.M.

Cassie:  I HATE THIS!!!

Ben:  The last I checked it was 26 degrees outside.

Cassie:  I am so cold I have a jacket covering my entire head, I am chilled to my bone and I can't move for fear I will lose heat.

Ben:  Honey, stop moving, your losing the heat.  Can't you give me more covers, I don't have any.

Cassie:  We are SO not staying another night!!!

Estes Park

Estes Park is one of Ben and I's favorite place to vacation.  The mountains, the wildlife, the rivers...This city has everything we love rolled into one.  Our most recent adventure over our anniversary weekend was great!  Four years has gone by so fast.  To imagine the next twenty years is so incredibly exciting.  This trip made me appreciate having a great marriage even more.

River Spruce Cottage was a home away from home.  Cabin in the Woods is the perfect decor for a cottage on the river.  So amazing!!!

This was the river outside our cabin.  So relaxing!!

We hiked both Friday and Saturday in the Rocky Mountain National Park.  I was amazed by the amount of snow that was still there.  Most of the lakes and waterfalls were actually frozen over. 

Alluvial Falls

Dream and Emerald Lake

Alberta Falls (Frozen, haha)

The Elk were EVERYWHERE!!!

The Stanley Hotel (Hotel from The Shining)

I can't wait to visit all these places and experience just how different it is.

The Killers

We just went to this movie:

The movie was cute but definitely rentable.  I got an ACE Award.  A patient felt I did a great job (I medicated her heavily with versed and fentanyl, works every time) and decided to write up a comment card.  But for this award I received a $20 gift card to the theater (which gets you only 2 tickets with $3 left over, crazy ridiculous)!  It was fun but just is never as good as our theater.

Blizzard in May!

Are you kidding me?  I slowly wake up on Sunday morning, thinking it is a beautiful Spring day, maybe we should ride our bikes.  I look outside to this....



I mean REALLY!!!!  Can we please be done with this already!

Window Well Covers

He is a plumber.

He is a carpenter.

He is a electrician.

He is a husband.

He is an engineer.

He is a drywaller.

He is a mechanic.

He is a welder....

And what is he doing now...

Welding!

Ben has been talking about window well covers for some time but has always had a longer "to-do" list and wasn't able to get to it.  The "To-Do" list is shrinking so Ben is custom welding some window well covers for our home.  It is turning out great!  The estimate from a store's online calculator for the covers were approximately $1500 for 4 (we have five).  Ben is going to spend about $450.  WOW.  Big difference!

What do you think?!?!?!

 We just have the priming and painting to go!  Nice work honey!

Golfing, Golfing and More Golfing.

Ben's parents came this past weekend while the Master's Golf Tournament was going on.  Ben and Gary played golf Friday and Saturday while Mary and I walked with them Friday and did some shopping Saturday.  We watched the Masters, did some shopping, and enjoyed a couple of beautiful Colorado days! 

 Look close and you can see Ben taking the picture!

Such great weather!