Wednesday, December 31, 2014

A Colorado Christmas

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.
 photo DSC_5466copy_zpsc6f50358.jpg Christmas Eve we spent the day playing at the park, eating yummy treats and soups and playing some pretty fun holiday games.
 photo DSC_5503copy_zpse69b4d04.jpg  photo DSC_5473copy_zpsecc09947.jpg  photo DSC_5500copy_zpsd2e03965.jpg  photo DSC_5479copy_zps00bb869f.jpg  photo DSC_5484copy_zps539abfc9.jpg  photo DSC_5542copy_zpsae333874.jpg  photo DSC_5533copy_zpse5b2919f.jpg  photo DSC_5548copy_zpsdcc8be01.jpg  photo DSC_5568copy_zps4a69afc9.jpg 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. 
  photo DSC_5582copy_zps3e6574e0.jpg 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! 
  photo DSC_5588copy_zps5261a2ba.jpg  photo DSC_5606copy_zps72bb152d.jpg  photo DSC_5615copy_zps8f4dfe2f.jpg  photo DSC_5612copy_zps20479236.jpg  photo DSC_5622copy_zpsc657a018.jpg  photo 1_zpsbb133bcd.jpg  photo DSC_5642copy_zpsaef59908.jpg Christmas afternoon it started to snow and by the next morning there was lots and lots of the fun white stuff! 
  photo DSC_5660copy_zps1d59888b.jpg 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.
  photo DSC_5655copy_zps336f4309.jpg 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! 

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