Happy New Year! December 31st in Colorado

Every day (after our one snowy skiing experience) I check the cameras on the mountain to see what the conditions look like. This was this morning, New Year's Eve. Ha!! No, thank you. I love skiing, but not enough to risk getting hurt due to lack of visibility. 

So we stayed home and enjoyed the snow. :)

Lainey, after a wipeout :)

Walker, after a wipeout

The kids decided to have a snowman building contest.

Lots of prep. In separate spots.

one of my favorite views

Back to the snowman contest...

Walker's snowman 

(I helped a little bit!)

Lainey's snowman

a closeup of Lainey's snowman

a closeup of Walker's snowman

Upon arriving in Colorado, Lainey (and I) helped Emmy complete this puzzle...

and then Lainey and I did this one in one day. She did most of it!

She and I also did this one in one day! 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! See you in 2023!

Christmas in Colorado, December 30th

Lazy morning...

Paco. He loves cars.

a very distant picture of some elk...

tiny Paco

Lainey has eaten snow since she was a baby. She loves to eat snow.

Haha. Walker's face.

Christmas in Colorado, December 29th

SKI DAY!

Spoiler alert: we were miserable.

Walker was 10,000% miserable.

Lainey was miserable but she held it together better.

Back to Walker being miserable.

We got some warmer things and managed to get a few runs in. But he ultimately froze and ended up waiting for us at the base camp.

So much snow...and wind...and hazy conditions. 

finally a break in the clouds

Back to sledding at the house!

And the kids made snow angels...

...with Paco's help, of course.