This year we headed west to the Rockies to celebrate Christmas in Colorado. The kids were beyond excited and were packed and ready to go before anyone else. I too, was pretty darn excited to spend Christmas with my family and to be out of our house for a bit. I was ready for a change of scenery and it doesn't get much better than Colorado!
We left early Tuesday morning and made it about halfway when a snow storm hit and closed I-70. We stopped and got a nice bite to eat, did a little shopping and by the time we were all loaded in the van the roads opened. They were still a bit snowy and icy so we took our time and drove a bit slower and got to my parents house late that night.
But once we arrived, the kids found their cousins and everyone settled right in.
Christmas Eve we spent the day playing at the park, eating yummy treats and soups and playing some pretty fun holiday games.
I am so very grateful that my kids have such awesome cousins who love playing with them. I truly have some of the best nieces and nephews in the world and they are just so amazing to my kids. It is so fun to watch them all just play and laugh with each other. 
Christmas day started off right with a yummy Christmas breakfast of sourdough pancakes, potato casserole, bacon and eggs. Santa brought all of the children some super fun stocking stuffers and once the family was all together it was present time! 
Christmas afternoon it started to snow and by the next morning there was lots and lots of the fun white stuff! 
This was the first snow for our kids so they didn't want to stop playing in it. And we weren't really prepared for it either, so a lot of pants and socks changes.
We had such an amazing and wonderful time in Colorado with family. We really didn't want to leave but we enjoyed the short time we had and the many wonderful memories created. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well! 
