Here's the whole gang.
All Josh's brothers and his folks came in from OH and FL to stay with us!
It was a special time all being together and here's a glimpse at what we did:
The first day we got about 9 inches of snow. Here is Joel trying the hill next to our place with his snowboard. The snow here sparkles like diamonds, it looked like a powdered sugar winter wonderland.
Did some hiking and the girls did some shopping...
Went to Red Rocks, Cave of the Winds, Broadmore...
Manitou Springs
Played the Wii (dance 3!), laid around...
Headed to Golden (Coors Brewery)
Then to downtown Boulder for a bit.
The sunshine here is always intense...keeping us toasty. Which is a good thing:)
Celebrated a birthday, went to Christmas Eve service, ate and ate..
(the stomach bug also hit a few...my sweet Mom missed out on Christmas)
Hiked a bit more here in our hometown...
Christmas morning!
A delightful visit for sure!
okay, just a few more...
Since the icky stomach bugger came and bit some, we ended up waiting to celebrate Christmas with my Mom, then with my bro's family on New Year's Eve Day. Here are some pics from then:
third Christmas for us at Mom's house for brunch and presents
Every year I get a present for everyone with a butterfly on it to remember Dad. It's become tradition and represents many special things in his life and mine. (these are stepping garden stones- past 4 years have been a windcharm, bookmark, ornament and pottery with a butterfly on them)
just getting Christmas silly
That same night-- it was New Years Eve to celebrate! Dinner at Steve's and "fancy drinks" for the girls. yes, that is the movie "Elf" behind them...we only see it a dozen times every year!
Last but not least...our long time traditional family Santa hat picture.
That's finally all, folks. Yay!
