Friday, January 6, 2012

Christmas in Colorado 2011

 Hi!!  And Happy New Year!  Well this year we decided it was time to go to my hometown for Christmas since we haven't been there for "actual" Christmas for 7 years!  It was so much fun!  I loved being able to go to my home church and be with my WHOLE family for a whole week!  We had a blast!  And traveling with the girls at age 4 is awesome!  Have I told you I love age 4? :) :)   They just knew what to do and were old enough to wheel their little backpacks around the airport and they knew to just sit in their seats and wait for a "princess drink."  Addison probably said to me like 25 times on the way down there "This is so fun Mom."  :)  I love traveling with my fam!  They are troopers!
Above is a pic of the girls in the airport...it was just too cute seeing them wheel around their luggage together.  :) And below is a pic of my sister and I!! :)
 Emily & Grandma Gwen watching everyone open presents...
 Auntie Heather reading a humungous book to the girls. :)
 COUSINS!!  Bryce, Kamryn, Hailey, Addison, and Emily
 And Grandpa and Grandma with all of their grandkids!
 Isn't he a super cute nephew?!!!!
 And the girls had so much fun and my cousins Jordan and Jenna's house.  Jenna is a fabulous babysitter!  I wish she lived out here!!!  Jordan and Jenna also took the girls bowling one day.  They loved it!  :)
 And Denver got a foot of snow the day before we got there.  We haven't had ANY snow in Wisconsin so the girls were pumped to play in it!  I actually think they were more excited to just EAT it! :)  I have about 30 pics of them just eating the snow. :) Em is so intense about it!

 Ouch.  Poor Hailey. :)
 Cousin pic - Addison, Hailey, Kami, Bryce, and Em.

 They sang a LOT of Christmas songs on Grandma's piano ...a LOT.... :) (HEA)
 Watching a movie at Uncle Kyle & Auntie Heather's place....
 Gotta love Beauty and the Beast and cozying up with family :)
 The girls and Great Grandma!  She is famous around here for all the beanie babies that she has! :) (AEH)
Grandma and Kara babysat one day so that Craig and Laura and Ry and I could go up to Copper mountain skiing! Thank you!!  IT WAS SO GREAT!  I really love skiing and we had a lot of fun.  It was PERFECT weather out...not too cold and not too hot.  Beautiful.  


 HAE  
 Okay yes we like to dress up. :)  So got back home in time to go to a New Years Eve party with friends.  It was a Couples Costume party.  So I went as a giant Loofah (you know, that scrubby thing you have in the shower)...and Ryan wore his robe that has his name embroidered :)...and bought some chest hair and a wig and grew out a lovely mustache.  I could hardly look at him that night! :)  But it was fun!!  Hope you are all blessed in 2012!!!

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