June was a very busy month for The Johnsons.
On the 2nd of June, my parents came up for their second visit. They had stayed with us for a week and then they left to go see my sister in Salt Lake City for a week, and then they came back for a few more days with my sister and my nephews.
The first week they were with us, we rented a house by a river in Glenwood Springs and took a three day weekend trip with my parents. It was also to celebrate our one year anniversary.
We had heard about this place called "Hanging Lake" from so many people. So, we put it on the top of our agenda. Early in the morning on Saturday, we hiked up about 2 hours to see what the big hype is about this "Hanging Lake".
The view was amazing from every angle. The hike wasn't so easy, but my parents did great.
We are almost to the top!!! Because of how beautiful it was the whole way up the mountain, we had almost forgot about the "hanging lake".
This is "Hanging Lake". This picture does not do it justice. It is absolutely breathtaking. Who would have thought that there would be this beautiful waterfall lake on the top of a mountain? But, this was not the top.
This is the top. This place is called "Spouting Rock". The water comes flying out of small holes in the rocks. It was amazing. The 2 hour hike was definitely worth it.
From the top, you could see down on Hanging Lake. I still don't think any of these pictures show exactly how beautiful it is. So, what I suggest is for everyone to come out for a visit, and we'll take you up there ourselves to prove to you the beauty of this place. :)
After the hike, we came back to our rented house to just chill and enjoy the sound of the Roaring Fork river.
My parents are hanging out on the porch swing, reading up on what Glenwood Springs has to offer us for the weekend.
Glenwood Springs is also known for their hot springs. After a little break, we went to one of the largest hot spring pools in the world. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, but you can find out about this place by checking out the website. http://www.hotspringspool.com/
At the end of the day, we all got ready for our one year celebration dinner. It's hard to see, but Phil got me these beautiful earings and necklace. It matched my outfit perfectly. How did he know???
The restaurant was right on the river as well. We will never forget the place where we celebrated our first year as a married couple.
The next day, we went up another mountain where they have caverns inside the mountain. We couldn't stay too long, because we had gotten a call from our vet with bad news. Gator was found in the morning not using his back legs. We hurried back and packed our stuff and drove back to Denver as fast as we could.
That Sunday afternoon, Gator went in for a MRI and was found to have ruptured a disc in his back. He went in for emergency surgery and stayed in the hospital until Friday.
We were so worried about him, but he made it through very well. When he got discharged, he had a little movement in his both back legs and now he can take a couple of steps with his back legs. He is definitely improving fast and hopefully he will be back to normal soon.
Before my parents left to go to Utah, we took them to this golf course just 30 minutes from our house called "Arrowhead". We had heard about it, but had never played it before.
The course is layed out amongst gigantic red rocks. It is probably one of the most beautiful golf courses I've ever played.
Here is another picture of the course. Again, I don't think these pictures do it justice at all. You will all just have to come out and see it yourselves.
For one week, we were back to just us and the kiddies.
But, not much later, my parents came back with Aggie, Paul and Joshua.
Paul is now 5 and he is full of energy. He is going to start Kindergarten this year.
Here is Joshua. He is going to be 2 in November. He is so stinking cute. He doesn't say much yet, but I could tell that he is thinking and processing a lot in his head right now.
We went to the Wildlife Experience, Water World and many visits to the playground. We had tons of fun.
After Aggie's family left, we all packed our bags and flew to Florida. We were attending one of my best friend's wedding in West Palm Beach.
This was at Disha's parent's house the night before the wedding. Isn't she beautiful? This was one of the many Indian outfits that we got to see this weekend.
This was the morning of the wedding. I was lucky to have found someone who let me borrow three of her Saris and Alissa, Anabel and I were able to wear Saris to Disha's wedding.
Here we are at the ceremony.
It was hard to take pictures at the ceremony and the ones that I took came out really blurry or too dark. This was the best one. Disha and Anuj are tied together in this picture by somekind of a string. I think it symbolizes the two families coming together by marriage. I just made that up. I'm not 100% sure, but it sounds pretty good.
The ceremony started around 10am and it ended around 1pm. We all took a little trip to the "City Place" after the ceremony and had lunch at this Greek restaurant called Taverna Opa.
Apparently, this restaurant gets crazy at night. I've never seen a sign like this at a restaurant before.
We all got dressed up in evening gowns and suits for the reception. Don't we all look so nice?
Here is us, the girls hanging out at the cocktail hour. I think the guys were checking on the Red Sox score on a blackberry.
This is us at the reception dinner. We had so much fun. It was so good to see everyone again. Can't wait for our next get together. Congratulations again to Disha and Anuj on your beautiful wedding.
I will leave you with this short video showing Gator's improvement.
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