Jake:: senior

Aaah, it's that time of year again.
Students are moving up to the next grade, graduating, moving on, starting anew.

Jake and his friend, Brice, decided to take their Senior Pictures together.
So, this post will be all about Jake:

the funny, quirky, outside the box, musician (seriously, check out his stuff on youtube by clicking HERE!)...

Oh man...morning light. Makes me so giddy.

yes, Beatles style...

shoot, man!

Day after 4th of July...

what better way to celebrate the holiday than to go shoot guns with family?!
Some of us headed up to Fort Collins, CO to enjoy a morning of shootin'.

Not going to lie...I don't remember the names of all the guns.
I'm not a gun expert by any means, but man, they sure are fun to shoot!
We fired a bunch of ARs, a 1911, some 45s, shotgun, M4, M3, M2, and some pistols
My favorites included the shotgun, M4, and the sniper rifle :)

Thanks so much to Terren for such an awesome time!

Bierstadt + Evans

So I usually don't like posting the same type of thing back to back...

But I did another pair of 14ers!  This time it was Mount Bierstadt (which is impossible to spell) and Mount Evans!

Went with a totally different group of people, new mountains, different atmosphere, but the same breath-taking views.

Looking over these pictures, in light of the dozen fires that have been blazing through Colorado, my heart sinks.  It is devastating to see the smoke fill the air.  Knowing it will take generations for all those trees to grow back to their prior beauty.  My heart goes out to all the families and small businesses that are being evacuated.  Please keep these beautiful mountains, the homes, and all the families in your prayers that are being affected right now.

GOD: send the rain!!

At the top of Mt Bierstadt: 14, 065 ft

Sawtooth Pass: technical + sketch = awesome!

Can you spot the marmot?

Siesta at the top of Mt Evans: 14,265 ft

You can drive to the top of Evans.  It was a zoo.

Our descent was through the swamp.  Can you say, "Man vs. Wild"!?