South Fork

Fresh off the road, we are back in ABQ after a very long holiday weekend in South Fork, CO. It has been a long time since we have spent more than 3 days at the cabin, and it was so refreshing to breathe in the mountain air surrounded by friends and family. Tony's brother Dominick flew into ABQ with his son Niko and we headed up to the cabin on the 1st. Tony's parents also came up (just for the night) and had the unfortunate experience of being rear ended by a drunk driver on their way back to ABQ. While their rental car took quite a beating, they are OK. Thank God for their safety!
Saturday was spent in South Fork celebrating the 4th of July holiday. At 10am they had their annual parade and once again Cienna was allowed to be in it. This year instead of riding on a float she rode a bicycle. Well she actually got pushed the entire distance of the parade on a bicycle because she got a flat tire. Thank you Heather for making her bike riding experience "so easy" as Cienna put it!


At 11am we waited in line at the volunteer fire department for the catfish fry. From there we headed to the duck race where Tony was asked to help fish ducks out of the river at the finish line. Instead of fishing ducks out he ended up fishing a kid out who got caught up in the fast moving water. Our little hero.

Dom and Niko at the Duck Race

After a couple of quick naps we had dinner and headed over to a beautiful home on the river to watch the fireworks. Cienna and Skylar had a blast waving their sparklers in the air...


The next day the guys went and spent a little quality time floating down the river while the kids and I drove into Creede for their annual 4th of July parade. Cienna scavenged candy, beads and other goodies like a pro and I think that even AJ was captivated by the "Creetards" as the South Fork locals like to call them. Speaking of AJ, he went on his first raft trip down the Rio Grande this weekend and I think that he liked it...although he spent most of the time trying to escape the death grip that I had on him.

AJ Showing Off His "Beach Muscles"

All in all we could not have asked for a nicer 4th of July holiday. It was a great opportunity to reflect on how our freedom isn't free and thank God for those who have served in our armed forces to keep it that way. We had a ton of fun hanging out with Dom and Niko as well as the BeauMeyer.com family that includes Heather, Skylar (and TJ!) The weather was BEAUTIFUL and the company was fab!