Days of Our Lives

Skydiving in Denver

Yep, you read that right. We went skydiving. Okay, it was indoor skydiving, but skydiving nonetheless! Rob and Haley treated the family to their new favorite pastime. Here are Steve and I in our skydiving duds.

Here are some of our favorite pictures of everyone.

Haley

Rob

Mike

Sonja

Larry

Steve

Thanks Rob and Haley. We had a blast!

After skydiving, we ate at a restaurant in Denver called Casa Bonita. It is Mexican, yes, but also has live entertainment. There are various rooms/caves you can sit and eat in and watch shows like divers, magicians, puppet shows, mariachi bands, and entertainers. The kids had a lot of fun.

D and Haley cutting a rug to the mariachi band music.

Watching the divers from a cave behind the waterfall.

The Nelson Family.

M munching on a delicious sopaipilla (he's really just licking off the honey).

At the Cabin

We spent a long weekend up at the cabin. On Saturday, we drove up there and relaxed. The kids enjoyed peeking from the loft into the living area with Haley.

On Sunday, we drove in to Breckenridge. There were snow sculptures throughout town from a contest held earlier in the month.

View of Breckenridge and the Column of Rocks.

The kids enjoyed going down the snowy rock slide.

Another snow sculpture.

On the burro sculpture.

Silly boy.

On Monday, we took the snowmobiles out to sled down the mountain. It was a beautiful day and perfect for sledding.

Holly, Meredith and Mike.

Mommy and M.

M just wanted to snuggle after going down one time.

Holly and D.

Uncle Larry and D.

Papa and M.

Daddy, M and D.

Rob, Haley, D and Falcon.

Warming up around the fire after a hard day of sledding.

A tradition at the cabin is getting measured on the wall. All of the grandkids have been measured throughout the years.

Even the big grandkids/cousins got measured.

Another tradition, a picture of the grandkids on the stairs. We need the other 3 grandkids!

Christmas Day

We spent Christmas Day at Becky and Andy's. We had great food and a fun time with the gift exchange.

After dinner, Santa stopped by the house to deliver some presents for D, M, Falcon and Sydney.

Opening gifts.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve in Colorado

We went to the kids' service on Christmas Eve. This was the absolute most perfect church service for kids I have ever been to! It was under 30 minutes, the kids got to dress up (girls were angels, boys were shepherds) and go on stage to be a part of the story. The adults on stage told the Christmas stories and everyone sang songs throughout the service. D and M loved it and looked so cute dressed up. M went missing a couple of times on stage (he kept crawling up and down the stairs), but D kept a close eye on him.