Keystone Ski Trip 2013-2014

 We left for our ski trip to Keystone with John/Kathy/Brad/Jessie on Saturday Dec. 28 and I was looking forward to some down time after the hustle and bustle of moving and the holidays. Before we left we found out that Preston had the flu and Brent had a stomach bug but we still decided to go for it and continue with our plans. The flight to Denver went smoothly thanks to the ever wonderful iPad and the drive to Keystone wasn't bad either. We kept it low key the first night and just hung out at the condo by the fireplace and ate pizza and salad.

At the airport

 He loved pulling his new travel bag

The next day, we braved the cold and took Preston to the top of the mountain to play on the snow fort and see the views. Brent still wasn't feeling well but toughed it out and went with us. Preston had fun but is still a little young to really enjoy the snow and play in it. He enjoyed going down the snow fort slide but didn't get into playing with the snow. I had to call the snow "bubbles" just so he would pick some up to experience it.

Going up the mountain on the Gondola

 First time playing in snow

 At the snow fort

 First face full of snow. He wasn't happy about it

 Ice bench

"Bubbles"

Eating a quick bit before heading back down the mountain

We stayed until it was nap time for Preston and then headed back to the Condo while everyone else continued skiing for the day. Later that day I started to feel sick to my stomach but wasn't sure if it was altitude sickness, Brent's stomach bug or from taking tamiflu to prevent any flu symptoms I might get from Preston. So we played it low key the rest of the day and stayed in at the Condo.

 Keeping busy inside the Condo

The next day Brent was feeling a little better but I was still pretty sick so we stayed in while everyone else went skiing. The last full day, I started to feel a little better so John and Kathy let Brent and I use their ski pass to ski half a day. I was nervous about skiing but its like what they say, its like riding a bike, you just start where you left off last time. I did pretty good and we skied down the mountain 2 and a half times and then we called it a day.

 Eating lunch after skiing down

We traveled back home the next day and that was pretty much a nightmare. Our flight got delayed over an hour but we didn't find that out until we got to the airport. Preston wouldn't sit calmly for lunch and then he screamed on the plane for a good 30 minutes while the plane was being di-iced. He finally calmed down when we gave him the only thing we had to drink and that was a diet Coke. He played on the floor and in our laps the entire plane ride and never slept a wink. We arrived home around 9pm and was soo happy to finally be home. Vacations are fun but they are a lot of work.

Happy New Year!!

Christmas Day 2013

 This year Christmas was a little different as we didn't have Grams with us anymore but we continued with our normal traditions and had a wonderful Christmas with Brent's side of the family. Brent, Preston and I got to Vicki and Dave's house around 11pm and to our surprise Preston didn't fall asleep on the drive over. He played the iPad the entire 1 hour drive. Everyone was happy to see Preston awake when we arrived so they could play with him for a little while. Vicki had gotten Dave a karaoke machine for his birthday and she suggested we turn it on and sing a few Christmas songs. I of course loved the idea and was surprised by how in-to-it both Brent and Brad got. Vicki pulled out a few instruments for all of us to play and we had a fun time singing along with the karaoke machine. I even sang a few songs. We sang until about 12:30am and again we were so surprised that Preston had not fallen asleep yet, he was having a blast listening to everyone sing and ringing his jingle bells and banging on Vicki's pots and pans with the drum sticks.

Let the Christmas karaoke begin

 Shaking our jingle bells

 We all got into bed about 1am and this year Vicki let everyone sleep in until about 10am. She prepared a delicious Christmas breakfast with homemade cinnamon rolls, bird's nest hash browns & eggs and stuffed raspberry cinnamon muffins along with milk and orange juice. After breakfast we started opening gifts and Preston got a lot of new and fun things to play with. His favorite was his "hug-me" Elmo he got from Vicki and Dave. But the best part of the day was hearing Preston says "Peeps" to Peeps. Peeps loved that Preston knew his nickname and was calling to him. It warmed all of our hearts.

Opening his "hug-me" Elmo

 Showing Peeps his new toy

 Helping Grandma open her gifts

 Preston wanted to play Santa

 Sitting next to Peeps playing iPad

 After gifts we got ready and enjoyed a Christmas dinner at Shelia and Steve's. When we got home that evening, my parents were at our house and Preston got to open his stocking and open a few more gifts from Mal and PawPaw. It was a wonderful Christmas!!