Versaw family Grand Lake trip

This year marks 40 years of marriage for my parents as well as both of their 60th birthdays! My sisters and I knew we wanted to do something special for them to commemorate such big milestones.

We threw around ideas of camping or some staycation-type stuff, but we couldn't really find anything that worked. Then, my parents told us they wanted to do something special (without knowing that we had already been talking about it) and booked a cabin in Grand Lake for the whole family for the weekend.

It was so much fun to get away all together as a family. Even though the time was short, I think everyone had fun and I know it meant a lot to my parents that we all made time to do something as a family.

On Saturday we took a hike as a family, and then some of the family (with the smaller children) turned around and some of us kept hiking to a lake that was about 6.5 miles up the trail. My sister Olivia and her husband Dan, my dad. Chris and I and our 4 kids kept on hiking up to the lake! In hindsight, maybe it was a little much to ask our kids to do when there were other fun things to do in Grand Lake as well, but they made it and we are very proud of them! I also think it meant a lot to my dad that some of us hiked all the way to the lake with him.

All the Versaw cousins (minus one who was in the Bjorn)

Me, Monica and Olivia (Clara had turned around with her littles by this point)

The scenery was beautiful on the hike! We even saw a moose on the way back down.

We finally made it to the lake!

After our long hike, we got some ice cream and then went back to cabin to hang out with everyone else, shower and eat dinner.  That evening we had a anniversary celebration with my parents and gave them a small gift, a framed picture depicting how their family has grown in 40 years!