Randomness

Just a few random favorite pictures of mine from the trip. Enjoy!!

This one speaks for itself
Where else would you find geese in CO.
The Brewery of course. DUH...
Coors Samples

Mr. & Mrs Herring
Mr.& Mrs. Oliver
What BIG hands you have

Where's Waldo?

Is that a knife in his hand?

Dont try this at home kids:
Fire + Ski boots = Melted Ski Boots
which also = $60 per pair for liners times 3. Yes folks $180
(we speak from experience)
BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE

Gibson catching snowballs in his mouth

LUSH
I dont know why but I heart this picture

Funny snowmobile pictures
Yes folks this is my sister. I am still not sure
how we ended up with her, but non the less
she's ours!
G O O B E R

Day 5

Friday I guess you could say was bitter sweet. We were all ready to get home but not ready to leave. We got up pretty early and left the condo by 7:30 am. The drive was to Denver was a long one due to the amount of snow that was falling and slow driving traffic. We finally arrived at the airport around 9:45am turned in our rent-a- car. (that might I add after 1 week in the snow and slush smelled like horribly stinky feet) YUCK. We all got through security with no problems. (Thank you for that Shelly) Boarded our plane promptly at 10:55am for our 11:30am take off. The flight home was much better than the one going. Thank God! We landed in Houston at 2:49pm and headed to Waco to pick up our baby!

The week went by extremely too quick but I guess when you are on vacation it always does. We all had alot of fun and made some great memories. And like I said in my last post I am just thankful I was able to take this vacation not only with my husband but with my sister.

Our last picture of the week:

Continental flight 32

Come back because I still have random pictures from the week to post.

Day 4

Thursday was pretty much our most busy day we had in Colorado. We left the condo around 10:15 for our 11:30 check in time with the snowmobile place. Once we got all checked in we drove out to the place where the tours start which ended up being about 45 minutes to an hour West of town. The drive out was a long and twisty one but beautiful none the less. Once we got to where we were going we got all suited up we were ready to go.. We took a private tour, which was just us, Jeffrey, Shelly and the guide. Which ended up being the way to go I think. I can not even begin to describe just how beautiful everything was. From the aspen trees to the mountains to the sky. It was absolutely breath taking. He took us up to a HUGE field where we were able to "turn em' loose" and ride for as long as we wanted and as fast as we wanted. ( well without getting ourselves killed that is) It was so much fun. And Jeff ended up being a much better driver this time as opposed to the last time we were on snowmobiles. :) Once we left there and got back to Breck Shelly and I went to town to do some much needed shopping. We didn't have much time because we had to leave again to get over to Copper Mountain to go tubing...... I knew that this was going to be fun. But I had NO IDEA. I think this was my most favorite part of our whole trip. I have always wanted to go tubing but never knew where we could go. Well this year I wasn't coming home until I had done it. And well I DID IT! And I cant wait to go back and do it again.

I am so glad that the 4 of us decided to take this trip together. Not only was it much needed for all of us. I am just thankful that I was able to go with my sister. I miss her so much since I have moved to Houston, and I feel like I have missed out on so much that goes on at home. That it was nice getting to spend some time with her.

Jeff, Me, Shelly & Jeffrey

Jeff

Me & Jeff with our guide:

ME :)

Getting ready to "Turn em' Loose"

And were off....
(me,shelly & jeffrey)

You can't go to the mountains and not
make a SNOW ANGEL

The Beautiful Scenery

The Aspen Trees

Me and Shelly one our
little shopping trip:

Been Tubing
Mountain:

Thats ME
Me again

Day 3

We woke up on day 3 with a TON of fresh snow outside. It snowed from the time we went to bed the night before and ALL day on Wednesday.
Fresh snow = Awesome day of skiing ! We all had a really good day this day, Jeff and Shelly went to the top of the mountain a few times and then skied on the freestyle terrain. We all had a great day and were kind of sad when it was over because we knew we were not coming back for more the next day. :(

We got home around 3:30 and all got showered and cleaned up and went out for another great dinner. We went to the Breckenridge Brewery to eat and have a couple of drinks. It was a really neat place and they served huge plates of food. And I do mean HUGE!!! (see pictures below). After dinner we went to a martini bar where we received the worst service by any bartender ever. Shelly and Jeff ordered a drink and then we hit the streets again. We ended up at The Irish Pub and had a few more drinks before calling it a night. Once we got home we all decided to relax our muscles by jumping in the hottub. I will spare you the horrible picture of me and Jeff and only post the one of Shelly and Jeffrey. Cause im nice like that!

*Here are our pictures from day 3*

You didn't believe me when I told you
It SNOWED did you!

Ten Mile Station where we ate
lunch the day before

ME

Shelly

Jeff on his butt!!!
Takin' a break

Breckenridge Brewery

I told you the plates were full of food.
My Turkey and Dressing:

Shelly's EXTRA hot burrito

Chillin in the HOT TUB

This next picture is one that has been recreated. Me and Shelly took a picture just like this about 15 years ago. It is on the same mountain we just were not able to find the exact spot. And the last one was professionally taken so it was alot better!!!! HA


** Dont forget to come back tomorrow for Day 4 photos.**

Day 2

Well Day 2 was Tuesday which meant it was time to hit the slopes. I was alittle nervous at 1st since I had not been on a pair of ski's in 10 years. But it was like riding a bike, I remembered everything I had ever learned. And for that matter so did Shelly and Jeff. This was basically Jeffrey's 1st time snowboarding, it was alittle slow going at 1st but he was doing pretty good by the end of the day. It started snowing mid-morning and lasted all day long. It was also pretty windy which made for a cold day. But with all the layers we had on I actually ended up HOT. Go figure! We ate lunch on the mountain at Ten Mile Station around 1-1:30 made 3 or 4 more runs and called it a day. Me and Jeffrey caught the bus back to the condo and Jeff and Shelly went to the top and skiied all the way down to the front door of our condo. We were all pretty tired from our day so we decided to stay in and eat left over pizza for dinner and play monopoly! And by the way incase your interested I suck at that game!

Here are a few pictures from Tueday. Enjoy!

From Left to Right:
Me, Jeff & Shelly
Looking back down the hill towards town
Jeff getting his ski on.

Ten Mile Station on the mountain
where we ate lunch

Played a little monopoly:

And drank a little COLD Beer

*Come back tomorrow for Day 3 pictures*

Day 1

We woke up Monday morning bright and early at 4:30 am to catch our 7:20 plane from Houston to Denver. The flight was pretty uneventful until the last 30-45 minutes. Which is when we unfortunately had to begin circling Denver airport so that they could clear the run way of snow and ice. This is also when the turbulence began. I have never had a problem flying before but this time I honestly thought that I was going to need to use the barf bag. (No Kidding!) Anyhow we finally got on the ground, grabbed our bags and rent a car and headed for Golden, Colorado to tour the Coors Brewery. Not only was that a pretty fun stop but it was very interesting as well. After about a hour and a half there we started our drive west towards Breckenridge. We got all checked into our condo unpacked, freshened up and headed to dinner at our favorite place. Down Stairs at Eric's. The best pizza in town. Me and Shelly have been going to eat pizza here everytime we are in town since we were little. Its so Yummy Delicious...
Here is a few pictures for our 1st day.

COORS Brewery Company
Golden, Colorado

Me & Shelly listening to the tour:

Sampling of 2 day old beer

Our Condo:
Mountain Thunder Lodge

Living Room

Kitchen:

Dining Room:

Our Bedroom:

Our bathroom:

Dinner at Eric's