Rub-A-Dub Dub....

Three little monkeys in the tub!

Not quite sure what "little debbie downer" is doing here!

The tooth is out...

Adlie finally lost one of her top teeth the other night. It has been loose since about September- so we have been waiting for a long time. Adlie spent most of the day working on it- and two intense hours of wiggling that left it barely hanging. During this entire process, she was not enjoying the pain that a loose tooth can sometimes bring. This included many hours of wining and crying. I begged her to let me pull it out so she could go to bed- but she felt that she would not be able to survive the pain. During the midst of one of her "drama" sessions- she opened her mouth big enough for me to quickly go in for the kill. As soon as I yanked it out- she exclaimed, "Well that just didn't even hurt!". We love our little queen!

Ruthie Got Her Hair Did...

This is Ruthie the American Girl doll- she is best friends with Kit Kittredge. Laney received her as a gift from her loving Gigi this Christmas. Adlie received Kit. Today Laney decided that she wanted Ruthie to have the same cute bob hairstyle that Kit has......
And this is what poor Ruthie got!

Father & Daughter Dance

Adlie's daddy took her on a date night to her school's father and daughter dance. She was so excited to wear a beautiful dress and curl up her hair. I was a volunteer- and checked in all the girls as they arrived- so I was able to sneak a few pictures. They had actual ballroom lessons- (here they are doing the waltz). They danced a few times, but most of the evening she was running around with all of her girlfriends.

Colorado Day Five

We woke up early on our last full day to get some more skiing in. We took Adlie to the top and went down the green slope a few times. Adlie really did a great job skiing down with her daddy and riding the real ski lifts.

We had so much fun tubing the day before, that I set up another session so that Aunt Kat could do it with us. We were exhausted this time!

Adlie even decided to go down by herself.
My sweet Capps enjoying his treat, much more than he would the skiing!

We packed up the rest of the afternoon and enjoyed a wonderful italian dinner at Paisanos. A snow front was supposed to be coming in that night, so we were prepared to wake up early the next morning so we could make it back to Denver to catch our flight.

What a wonderful trip we had. Memories that we will have forever! I am so thankful to Gigi for this opportunity. We love you. Happy 60th Birthday!

Colorado Day Four Continued

We went to Big Horn Steakhouse in the Keystone Lodge for our New Year's Eve dinner. They had this beautiful chocolate display in the lobby which was absolutely amazing. Everything, even the little village was made of chocolate!

After dinner, we took the younger girls to go ice skating. But this wasn't any normal ice skating, but on a completely frozen lake. It was a little weird to grasp at first- but the girls had so much fun, and could even see the firworks show while we skated!

They had these little walker things that smaller children could use to push themselves across the ice. Laney looked a little silly of coarse, but really started getting around with its help.

You could also use a sled or play hockey- such a fun place!

Colorado Day Four

The next morning was New Year's Eve, so we decided to take it pretty easy after 3 full days. We ate an early lunch before heading back up the mountain for our tubing session.

View from the Gondola

My little Snow Angels

We all stopped for a bunch of family snapshots.

I wish sweet Capps could be in this picture- It is just so cold 11,600 feet up!

All the older grandkids.

The tubing lanes. This really was the most fun! Just like a roller coast, but better. They asked if you would like to spin on your way down, and to my surprise, the girls asked for it every time. In fact, one time they forgot to spin me and Laney, and she cried the whole way down!

All snug so she won't fall out!

Colorado Day Three

We woke up early the next morning for our snowmobile expedition. We first had to drive 45 minutes up into the mountains. This is a view of the peaks from where we were.

We all got suited up and ready for a cold morning. Laney rode with Tres, and Adlie with me. We wound all the way up the side of a mountain, which was a little scarey at some points because you were literally on the edge. We then came upon a big open field that we were allowed to ride fast and freely for a long period of time. It was so much fun- even more so than a waverunner! Definately the most fun I had on the entire trip.

Tres & Laney

Adlie & me

The Green Gang

We rested up and went to a yummy dinner at the Summitt Seafood Company that evening.

Colorado Day Two

I decided to take it easy with Capps on Monday, and took some pictures on our walk. Just gorgeous!

This is the River Run slope ( which was virtually straight down). To the left are the Gondolas that took you up to the top of Dercum Mountain, which is 11,600 miles above sea level. The air is so thin up there! It's just hard to walk.

My sister, Aunt Kat, came along with us to help watch Capps on most days. We debated on whether or not to bring him- and I basically decided I would miss him too much, especially since the whole family would be there. I didn't want to leave him out!

This is on our Dinner Sleigh Ride, which is the one event that I was looking forward to the most. We took a bus trip out to a valley where a horse-drawn sleigh was waiting for us. It wound us around for about 15 minutes before we were taken to a wonderful log cabin and fed a fabulous cowboy dinner with steak, mashed potatoes, buttermilk biscuits, and beef stew. It was so good!

The girls really enjoyed the ride!

This is a picture that I snapped of the sunset on my way out to the solar paneled outhouse. The nicest outhouse that I've ever seen!

During dinner, we had a great cowboy singer perform a lot of old country songs- which to my surprise, Tres knew all of them! Capps really enjoyed dancing while he ate his dinner.

Gigi and Laney trying to square dance!