Dreaming of a White Christmas

Last week the fam gathered in Denver for the holiday. First things first we all headed to Copper Mountain for some fresh powder action. Skiing season is just starting to really get good...really cold...but good none the less. Thank heavens for our jumbo pack of hot hands from Sam's!

Curtis taking a breather on the slopes as a first time skier.

A little video footage of Leo, Will and Max finding their inner ski bunnies;)

Then over the next few days we cooked a lot, ate a lot, relaxed and enjoyed Jake being back from Afghanistan!!

Leo and his dad doing the honors for Christmas dinner....

Happy Holidays from the Mile High Sooners!!!!

Mile High Sooners go skiing

This weekend we hit the slopes of Keystone for our first time skiing together and I think that we made a great pair! And don't worry mom...we took it easy for our first day back on the slopes;) No hurt knees for us thank you very much. Although we realized around 3pm that our legs muscles are not quite ready for a full day of skiing so we called it quit before the lights turned on for night ski and headed back to the house in Silverthorne for a little hot tub relaxation.

Leo on a lunch ski break

Our Morning Commute

With a our hiking boots on and a change of scrubs in our bags we decided to commute to work together using an alternate mode of transportation this morning....snowshoes on some fresh Denver powder!!

The hospital that we both work at is in the upper right corner

Advent in Colorado

As any avid blog reader knows (that is if we have any "avid" blog readers?!?) we love to decorate for the holidays and since I cannot drag my sisters over to my house to show them my holiday decor I can at least drag them to the computer to show them some holiday home pics.

Leo doing the honors...

Random house pics... I was especially excited to hang up our stockings side by side this year for the first time. They look great grandma! And Dad...check out the train you made under the tree being put to good use;)

Leo was extremely excited about the LED action outside;)

Happy Holidays and BOOMER SOONER BABY!!!!!

Turkey Day Okie-style

We had a great time going home this past weekend! Seeing everybody was definitely a treat for Turkey day:)

Leo and my Dad carving up the birds before dinner at my parents...

In Lawton Leo introduced me to my first pig and tried to teach me how to jump on top of hay bales... which for those who were not there just imagine me running straight into a round hay bale... repeatedly... and unsuccessfully. Entertaining and funny for everyone watching but all I got was a front full of hay.

Leo is trying to whisper into the pigs ear how yummy that feed over there looks! I think his favorite pig is the middle one...Just look at that ham;)

And as a great end to the weekend the family gathered for an awesome bedlam game/Hillary and my birthday at my parents. I did not really catch on to the the German theme of the evening because I guess that I am just a German girl that loves her German food...good beer + good brats= good times in my book:) But then Leo came downstairs wearing the kiddos dress-up suspenders (it was a snug fit!) that look like lederhosen to give me my present. As it turns out we are going to Germany this spring to celebrate Leo being married to an older woman in style! Stay tuned for travel updates in late April...