Christmas in Colorado!!! (a ton of pictures!)

This year we spent Christmas with my family in Colorado. We had a long and very needed 12 day break!!! It was so much fun and we did so many things, as you will find out there are a ton of pictures on this post! The first day that we were there was Christmas Eve. We all went bowling and had so much fun!!

Here are my cute parents!!!Jaden is such a good bowler! He loves it!

Here is Shauna and adorable Bradli!! She was sneezing in the picture.

I absolutely love this picture of Joel and Bradli. She was so fascinated by his hat.

Every Christmas Eve we get Christmas pajamas. Here we are with our new pj's!

The day after Christmas we went to Breckenridge and spent four days there. The first night we went to Bubba Gumps and walked down Main Street.

The next day we went snowboarding and it was -11 degrees!!! It was so cold as you can tell. We had to cover everything. On the way down I totally started crying because my face was burning so bad. When I got to the bottom Doug and Joel both looked at me like oh crap...... Apparently the end of my nose was completely white and I was getting frost bite. Thanks to Joel he warmed up my nose and save it. Needless to say we went back to the room after that.

Here is my brother Doug all bundled up.

The next day we went snow shoeing. Joel and I got snow shoes for Christmas and they are so fun. We went on a four mile hike to this meadow. The meadow was beautiful and there was not a track out there. Jaden even got snow shoes and came with us!

Shauna and Jaden

Me and my dad!!

We hiked up this hill and then attempted to ski down it on snow shoes. It was pretty funny!

Joel sitting in the middle of the meadow!

So I thought it would be funny to take a picture with the both of us jumping in our snow shoes. Little did I know what was about to happen.......

This is what happened when Joel tried to jump. Haha snow covered my face!! Thanks babe!! :)

Doug, Shauna, and Jaden

This is Miss Bradli!!! I LOVE her big blue eyes!!

Doug, Bradli, and Jaden

We spent our night hanging out in the hotel room. We did everything from playing hide-and-seek with Jaden, to playing guitar hero. The best was when Jaden wanted Shauna and I to hide and we both hid in Bradli's pack-n-play. Jaden couldn't find us for the longest time.

Finally a warm day of snowboarding!!! It went from -11 on Saturday to in the 30's on Monday. Huge difference!! I am glad we got at least one nice day in.

Here is Bradli the little snow bunny! I love her snow suit!!

Jaden got skis from Santa and he went skiing for the first time. He did amazing!!! He loved it. I love his face in this picture. He was picking up speed!!

He would get on this movable walk way all by himself and go up it and then get off by himself and then go down the hill. He caught on very fast!!

Once he mastered the moving walk way Doug moved him up to the tow rope. He did great and was able to go down a bigger hill.

My brother's cute family!!!

This was our last day in Breckenridge and my parents and Joel and I walked around the town and had lunch and then headed home. We had such a good time!!

The ski boot made out of snow!!

We had such a good time and can't believe that it is all over!! We miss you guys already!! Thank you so much for such fun holidays!!

Update!!!

I have to admit that I have not been in the blogging mood for quite some time now. Ever since we got back from out Thanksgiving Vacation we have been so busy with working, getting ready for Christmas, and every day life. So here is a recap of what we have been up to.

For Thanksgiving we went to Washington to spend it with Joel's family. Joel went up a couple of days before me and when he was there he found out that he had to have oral surgery the day before Thanksgiving. He had to have gum grafts done. So needless to say this was not the "fun" break that we were looking forward to. The day that he had surgery he didn't stop bleeding for 4 hours straight. He was spitting out buckets of blood. Thank goodness that his mom, Diane, was there because I do not handle blood very well. Joel couldn't eat solid foods for three weeks so eating any kind of Thanksgiving dinner was out of the question. I felt so bad for him. So we spent our break taking it easy and going to movies. Hopefully we can make it back soon because it had been two years since we were there and we were so excited for a fun time in Washington.

Here is Ryan and Brody!!!

Thanksgiving Day in Joel's backyard. Even though Joel felt horrible and his face was swollen he was still a champ in taking a picture with me.

Here is Joel's yummy Thanksgiving dinner.....chocolate milk, mashed potatoes, and an attempt to swallow some olives whole. What a sad day!!!

Joel grew up in such a beautiful place. He always says how ugly Utah is when I think how green it is seeing as how I grew up in Vegas. But every time I come to Washington I realize what he means when he says Utah is ugly. Every where you look you are surrounded by beautiful trees and water!!!

Joel was a trooper and wanted to still take me around town and to the harbor even though he was in so much pain!!

We had so much fun in Washington for Thanksgiving and I wish I had taken more pictures of everyone but the majority of the time was taking care of Joel. I don't think he will be having mashed potatoes, soup, or pudding for a very long time!!!

The other night we babysat our nephew Brody. He was so cute and so fun to hang out with. Even though I tortured him by taking pictures!!! I realized if you give a baby a phone you can pretty much do anything you want. Even put Joel's hat on him long enough to take a picture.

I can't believe how big he is getting!!! He turns 1 tomorrow!!! We are so excited for his b-day party!!

My favorite part was when he just sat with me and watched TV. He is so adorable and I feel so bad for his huge goose egg on his head. He fell last week and hit his head on their chair in their kitchen. Janelle said it used to be so much bigger than that. Poor little guy!!

Yesterday we had quite the blizzard!!! I was sent home from work early which I was more than ok about. I work out in Lehi and the storm was getting pretty bad so we all left early to make it home. I love the snow and it was so fun to cuddle up and watch the snow fall. It finally feels like Christmas!!!

So I know that was just a bunch of random pictures but that pretty much sums up what we have been up to. I figured I should probably get this post in before Christmas and I have that much more pictures. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!