Dec

17

the end…and a beginning

we jumped right back into life here, and as i think of how our vacation came to too quick of an end, its really making me miss the slow paced life of CO big time!

i caught canaan pretending to ski the other day on his hockey sticks. i love how creative my stinkers can be!

before too much time passed, i thought i’d show you just a few more photos from our last few days of vacation. nothing too special, and i slacked a bit on taking photos at the end, but i’ll at least give you a snippet of what fun things we did.


the boys spent a day snowboarding in Vail:
and afterwards, we all enjoyed the Vail nightlife:



we then finished the night in the hot tub….so much fun when you are surrounded by snow and below freezing temps!!!

the next day brought us a gorgeous day:
and a gorgeous night:
such a fun way to celebrate the Big 30!! i’m thankful for good friends, killer hook-ups that got us an amazing place to stay (at no cost), and Delta’s Frequent Flier Miles that basically gave us a free trip to the Rockies!!!
and as one fun life passage ended, tomorrow brings the start of “a beginning” for us…Bella Ballerina’s debut! the Nutcracker is finally upon us, and she couldn’t be more excited (and neither could momma!)

we tried on her costume today, and i don’t want to quite give it all away yet, but here’s a little glimpse:

upon request from her dance teacher, we had to test run her makeup. not sure its a look that i’d like her to wear often (or ever!) but i guess its okay for one night! and i told her that i’d pay big $$$ (if i had it!) to have her long beautiful eyelashes!

we had rehearsal at the theater today, and i think she was in awe of getting to be such a “big girl dancer” on a real stage! i sure hope we get many many many more years of this cuteness!!

but one thing i know for sure….tomorrow should be a day full of memories!!!

you better believe i’ll be sharing more about it soon,


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Dec

15

Back to Life…

…Back to Reality!! (just a little En Vogue for you this morning! which also makes me think of their other song, “My Lovin’…You’re Never Gonna Get it!”…and how about this one, “Free Your Mind”…such classics!)

anyway….

i just have to finish telling you all about our trip, but its gonna have to wait.

cause amid the piles and piles of laundry, the unpacking, the cleaning, a house showing, grocery shopping and Christmas shopping, a field trip, trying to track down my Christmas cards that i ordered before Thanksgiving that have still not arrived, and the multiple Nutcracker rehearsals we have going (its this weekend, friends!!)…i’m trying to find some time to spend with my little skiers, who i missed enormously:

so when i find some time, i’ll cap off the trip for you, and then maybe, just maybe, i’ll get some time to jump into some Christmas blogging…

but you know me…i can’t promise you anything! :)


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Dec

11

Snowy Kinds of Things

we woke up to lots of snow this morning:

but instead of hitting the slopes today, we decided to do some exploring:
so we followed some animal tracks: (how about those bear tracks??? don’t know what the others are…deer, maybe?)

and then we took some time to do some fun snowy kinds of things, like….
throw some snowballs:

make snow angels:
and play some snowball bocci:



we capped the day with some sledding:


and to think….we’re just getting started!!

wish ya’ll were here!


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