Merry Christmas 2016

We had a great Christmas this year even though we missed having Grandma with us.  All of the kids made it home on Christmas eve.  Lauren spent her first Christmas with us too.  Arn and I had blazed a cross country trail through our lot, the empty lot next to us, and a neighbors lot.  Mere and Time brought their nordic skiis and everyone took turns using the trail.  Tyler and Lauren got snowshoes for Christmas but now they also want some nordic skiis.  We all went to mass on Christmas Eve and then had our traditional cioppinno.  We played games and had a Santa trading exchange game too.  On Christmas day we opened gifts, had monkey bread, skiied, and made prime rib.  Val and Eric needed to leave on Christmas Day but Tyler, Lauren, Mere, and Tim were all able to stay until the 26th. Unfortunately we forgot to take a group pic............and as always ....no pics of me!

Happy Birthday Valerie!

Valerie took off from work for her birthday on the 22nd.  We picked her up and headed to Devil's Thumb Ranch in Tabernash.  It was absolutely beautiful with miles and miles of trails.  We skied for about 2 hrs., had a couple of apps and a beer and headed back to Golden so she could spend the rest of her birthday with Eric.  We liked it so much we bought a 10 punch pass so we will definitely be heading back up there to nordic ski before the end of the season.