July 25th was our 10th anniversary. We celebrated this past weekend. We had big plans to go to NY, but when it came down to it, I was a little nervous about going so far from the kids. We decided to go up to Vail which is only about 2 hours from our home. We had such a nice time. We stayed at a beautiful hotel there at the base of Vail Village...The Vail Plaza Hotel & Club. I highly recommend it if you ever go there. It was as nice as can be. We got a beautiful suite there...and it was luxurious and comfortable. The Village was just awesome. There was a farmers market in the morning, live music all around the village at night, restaurants galore to choose from, bridges everywhere, beautiful flowers, alpine-style architecture. From top to bottom, it was fabulous. I had no idea that Vail was so beautiful.
We did a lot of geo-caching (see my "Treasure Hunting" blog post to learn more about that) while we were there. We even went to sacrament meeting at a cute little LDS chapel in Avon...right near Vail. We spent some time in Beaver Creek (also a gorgeous village/area).
The highlight of our trip was probably going horseback riding. We went for a 2 hour trail ride and it was so much fun! I was on a horse named "Brownie." Jim rode "Gus." It was just gorgeous terrain and we had a blast. We highly considered going back the next day for more riding...to do the cattle round up, but we had other activities already planned. Jim and I often talk about packing up and going to live on a ranch. Okay, Jim has spent some time working on a ranch while he was younger, but other than that, we would have no idea how to get started, but it would be a dream. Okay...a tough dream once the novelty wares off, but still! We sometimes wish we could just do what we want to do in this life...our dreams...and though it's possible if you are willing to give up everything you have for that dream, it's not always practical...you know what I mean?? It's like "we have this life that we've built for ourselves and our family, and we're so grateful for the great life it is" but then there's that "can we trade it all now and do THIS or THAT?" Probably not, so we're content with the few times we can dabble in other life-dreams.
Needless to say, we had a WONDERFUL time in Vail for our Anniversary. These 10 past years with Jim have been the happiest of my life...I never thought marriage could be this good. Jim is my best-friend and the love of my life. I wish everyone were as lucky as he and I have been.
7 comments:
Congrats on 10 years! Vail is amazing, isn't it? We went to Snowmass Village for vaca this year and spent a good deal of the week in Vail and the surrounding areas. Thought about horse back riding...but the rapids won out and turned into the kids first white water raft adventure. We'll go for sure again in the future...such a great, local get away!
Congratulations on 10 years! It sounds like you had an amazing celebration. All your pictures makes me want to visit CO - other than Denver!
Congratulations!! Vail looks wonderful, I bet it was nice to get away.
Congrats! Looks like you had a wonderful time! We love that area of Colorado! You guys have created a wonderful little family!
Wow -- what a fun trip, Sara! The pics are gorgeous -- Vail looks like a great place to go! We've been, but only in the winter, so the scenery was much different! I'm glad you and Jim had such a nice time! Happy 10th!!
Congratulations for your 10th Anniversary! I guess you feel better from that surgery after being in Vail :) It looks beautiful! You both look happy and you have a very nice family. Being around ranchers and farmers in this area, I know it's a 24/7 hard work, but hey you never know....
That is great! congrats and I am glad that you got away. you wont regret it. Hope you feel better soon!
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