Annual Ski Trip

Every year, my family meets up with a few of our best family friends and take an annual ski trip. We split the cost of a cabin, eat tons of junk food, ski our hearts out, play games and laugh until our bellies hurt. This trip always ends too quickly!

Dad and Josh getting ready for our first day of Skiing.
One of my best friend's goofy husband. He always has a smily on his face and that hat totally matched is personality! Unfortunately, this was the only day he could ski due to a dislocated shoulder that later happened during a crash (aka yard sale).

Thats my handsome hubby! I married such a cool guy!

That same day Albert hurt his shoulder, Josh also had a yard sale and hurt his shoulder. This trip truly was one of injuries.

I just threw this in because I think he's so cute!

Here's a small glimps into our snacking habits over the weekend.

haha, I just love this picture.

haha This is always my favorite part of our trips. We play games and tell stories until we are exhausted and finally all crash for the next day of skiing. We played a few games of "catch the m&m in your mouth when I chuck it in the air".

The hot tub is seriously the best thing after a day of skiing!

There is also a lot of lounge time during these trips. Trust me, it's needed!

And more games...

I can't wait for next year. We should start planning... *cough* DAD *cough*

Josh's Flight

For Christmas, my brother, Josh, received a certificate to take an introductory flight at a local flight school. We were all pretty excited about it, although, I think Dave was more excited than Josh!

This picture is the only one we have of him in the air. It's hard to tell but at the bottom of the picture you can see a small blog just above the building... that is Josh flying! :)

Here he is right before he took off! Big CHEESE!

Here he is right before he took off.

It was pretty dang chilly this particular day in Colorado and we were waiting forever for him to start driving ha.

Finally, they took off for the run way.

I think he looks pretty awesome as a piolet. Who knows, maybe he will become the family piolet and take me to hawaii! Here's hoping!

The Dells, Grand Canyon, Sledding and Great Friends!

We recently took a wonderful trip to Arizona to see some of our best friends, Jordan and Ryan. I stayed for a week but Dave could only stay for a few days until he had to come home and get back to work.

We went to The Dells, which are absolutly beautiful! I've been here before and wanted to make sure Dave had the opportunity to enjoy the sites while we were there. We climbed all over these rocks on our first full day in Prescott.

Pictures truly don't do this justice!

Here is Jordan and Ryan climbing up after Dave and I.

In the evenings we played Dancing games. This is way more fun when you have people around compared to playing by yourself... trust me! lol

On the second full day in Arizona, we decided to got to the Grand Canyon. I couldn't believe how huge it was!

Ryan and Jordan

We also occupied our time with a board game called Quelf! You must do as the card says and as you can see, I was a Mummy at this point in the game.

After Dave flew home, Jordan, Ryan and I went sledding in Flagstaff with a few of their friends. It was someones 5th birthday and he was so excited about sledding. We had to hunt a bit for snow but it was well worth it!

Here's Jordan and Ryan about to get some major speed down a huge hill! I'm pretty sure this was right before a big crash!

All in all, this trip was a great time. We drove all over Arizona but managed a few days of hanging out the house just visiting. One day Jordan and Ryan are going to move back to Colorado and these visits won't be so few and far between! I can't wait!

Christmas

Christmas this year was a little different than normal. Usually we have lots of kids running around and tons of noise! It's what makes Christmas so much fun. Not to say that this Christmas wasn't fun... it was just different than normal.

It started Christmas Eve at my Mom's house where we ate A LOT of food and played games.
See, LOTS of food!

More eatting!

We then had Christmas breakfast at my Mom's house and presents.

You see this tree? Well, it was planted when I was born and it had grown so much over the years that this summer, it had to be cut down. I assumed that was the end of it until Christmas morning when I opened this picture of my tree and... (see next picture)

This beautiful desk that my wonderful Uncle Jim made for me out of the wood from my tree. It really is much more beautiful in person. It meant so much to me and now it's in our living rooms on display!

Dave got all of this stuff. A BBQ set. One of his favorite card games. This awesome buck knife for hunting. A couple running water bottles and, thanks to me (hehe) an awesome running watch! He got pretty spoiled this year!

That was a very quick view of our Christmas weekend but it really was a wonderful time. We went to my Dad's Christmas afternoon and ate lots more yummy food opened a gift or two. We had a great time visiting with everyone but I have to admit, I sure missed all those kids this year!

I think these pictures speak for themselves!

I don't know why this one cut off but you get the point. This was one of our FHE Tuesday Nights.