My perfect day....

I can not think of a single thing that makes me happier than being in the mountains snowboarding. I truly love so much about it. The crisp sound of snow beneath my feet. The chill in the air and snowflakes lazily drifting the the ground. The quiet of being on a slope all along and taking in the beauty of the snow capped mountains brings me peace. I look forward to snowboarding season all year long. Jeremy loves to ski so we escape as often as possible to the mountains. This break I got to go with some friends too! Here are a few pictures from December.


Allison and I taking 1st time snowboarders up to Keystone. These guys were awesome!! We had a lot of fun!





And every perfect snowboarding day ends with a trip to the most delicious crepe stand and dinner at the Dam Brewery!! We loved spending time with Mel and Sean this time!! :)

Ugly Ugly Ugly Sweaters...

Eva was dancing with a little ribbon toy she won for her awesome gingerbread house.
Mia is into everything now, and so adorable!

Jeremy and Matt were modeling the new Cripple Creek Fire hats he gave to the girls.
We had a Mexican Feast!

Sarah and Luke won the cutest ugly couple award! Sarah and Luke also won for the most AMAZING gingerbread house...you would think they were aspiring chefs or something ;)
Mom and Dad won for the ugliest outfits! Dad is wearing Sarah's sweaters from when she was a kid. LOL!
The girls at the party the weekend before! We had a lot of fun!
Our friends Allison and Luke
Jeremy's good friends from college Jeremy and Victoria! They won for ugliest sweaters that night!

You cant really see it but Jeremy has a come over goin on with his awesome yellow cardigan, and a woman's turtleneck!
It was a great time! Thanks for everyone who came!! We hope to do it again next year!!

Thanksgiving break

Jeremy and I started out our break with a PERFECT day at Keystone! We LOVE our new gear and can't wait to go again!

This is Jeremy coming down the mountain...



I got totally covered in snow...thanks babe!

This was a really cool statue on Dillon Lake so we stopped to take a picture. It was such a gorgeous day!
I was so lucky to get invited to go with my mother in law Dianna to the Rockettes in Colorado Springs with Matt Slaughter's new girl friend Steph, and Ryan's wife Lindsey. It was a bunch of fun!

Thanksgiving with the Brown's and Franceschini's this year!! Smoked Turkey by Jeremy and Sarah was delicious!!

I love getting to spend time with my little army brother Matt!! I wish we saw him more often!
We did a few poses for Christmas cards too!
My brother and sisters!
Freezing family picture!
Sarah and her boyfriend Luke. Luke is an awesome guy! He and Jeremy decided to go with the girls for black friday shopping. We started at 8:30 pm on Thanksgiving. We went to the Castle Rock Outlets at 10pm, Walmart at 12pm, Kohls at 3am, and then some of us gave up and went to bed around 5 am. Mom kept going until 9am and Shanna went out again after a few hours of sleep. There were amazing deals!! But it took us 2 days to recover from staying up all night!!

I love Fall!

So this post is totally backwards but oh well! Jeremy and I have gotten to spend some fun times with Shanna, Dave, Eva and Mia lately. We went on a beautiful hike to see the changing aspen trees. Colorado is so breathtaking in the fall. I am so thankful that we get to be apart of our nieces lives, I am so glad we live close!




Oscar got to come too!

My hill-billy husband
David climbing the stairs to the fire tower with Eva in the backpack.





We celebrated Eva's 4th birthday with the family! She had a busy day-a party at the bouncy castle place with friends, riding the pony, and then a special birthday dinner. Shanna slaved over Eva's favorite dinner, orange chicken and sauted veggies, and when we sat down for dinner Eva took one bite and said "this tastes different." It was hilarious!

A few weeks earlier Jeremy and I got to spend the day with Eva and Mia. It was tons of fun!! Riding the train with Uncle Jeremy, going to the park, painting and making necklaces!