Christmas in Colorado

We left on Wednesday, the 23rd, and drove to Amarillo with my parents, where we spent the night. A major cold front blew through on the way there and we woke up to snow and ice on the ground. On Thursday, we drove to Denver to spend Christmas Eve with my brother Randy. On the way there, Shane was dodging big tumbleweeds flying across the interstate and watching out for ice patches on the road. We ate out at a mexican restaurant that night and had breakfast Christmas day out too. Then we headed up to the mountains.


You may remember how hard a time Bryce had with altitude sickness last summer. That is one of the reasons we drove and then spent a night in Denver, giving him even more time to acclimate. He did great with the exception of a head cold. I took him to the doctor once while we were there to make sure he didn't have a sinus infection or ear infection and his oxygen levels were great so what we did worked.


You may also remember that we sold our condo. This trip we rented a house through http://www.vrbo.com/. It was a beautiful home. Randy came up and spent time with us too. Shane and Jacob ski'd lots and my parents, Bryce and I hung out a lot at the house. Shane and I both came down with sinus infections, as did my dad, and got on abx on Saturday. I felt lots better after a couple of days and was able to enjoy the rest of the trip.

We ate at our favorite restaurants and just enjoyed the snow and the mountains. During the day the temp was usually in the teens or 20's. At night, it would get to around zero degrees or less. I was worried Jacob wouldn't be able to handle the cold temps on the mountain, but he did great. His skiing has improved a lot and he just about has paralleling down. The boys ski'd at Keystone all but one day, when they went to Breck to meet up with some friends of ours.

Here are some pics of our trip:

Randy and Jacob on the ski lift

Shane and Jacob eating lunch at the mountain house

Shane and Jacob's miniature snowman

Shane and Jacob on top of Keystone mountain...you can see Lake Dillon in the back ground

Mimi and Bryce...isn't he precious in his puppy dog hat????

One day, Shane and Jacob went to Breckenridge to ski with our friends, the Shui's. They spend 2 weeks every Christmas at Breck. I drove up with Bryce to meet them for dinner. We ate at a restaurant called Kenosha. It took me 1 hour 20 minutes to get there due to 2 car accidents and
just plain ole' traffic. It should have taken me just 20 minutes. I was a little frazzled when I got there to say the least.

Daniel, Valerie (Daniel's girlfriend) holding Bryce, Bingiee, Cara, Nike, Shane, Jacob and me