One last adventure in Colorado

Last Halloween, Jack won some tunnel time at Sky Venture Colorado. He was nice enough to share with the kid (Paul purchased some for the adults!) - So on our way back to Texas we went through Denver for some indoor skydiving.

It was AMAZING!!!!! They say it is just like actual sky diving but without the shoot. I can't wait until I know for sure.

David took some amazing photos - so many that I had a hard time picking some for the blog. :)

Amanda

Allie

Emily

Dave & Sharon

Look at the cheeks!!!!

Dave


Jen having a blast!

Jack


Skye

Paul

In case you can't tell from the photos - We had a BLAST!!!! The girls just LOVED it!

A skiing we will go....

We set out Friday after work (in the pouring rain) for Colorado..... The trip was really quite easy due to the DVD player. What a great invention! I purchased 40+ hours of movies that the girls had not seen and it made the trip go rather quickly.... Plenty for the ride home too. :)

We spent one night in Wichita Falls & one in Pueblo, Co. and then it was on to Breckenridge for a week of fun!

We stayed in a super nice apartment at Grand Timber Lodge - right at the base of peak 9. Paul & Jen have a time share and got the accommodations for all of us. There were 12 of us staying the entire week and another 4 that flew in for just a few days.

Jen & Paul






Jack is pretty good at snow boarding!

Duncan, Helen & Jen after a hard day "boarding"

Skye, Dave, Jen & Allie at 10 Mile Station

Duncan showing off! :)

Allie at the top of her first "Blue Run"






The Hot tub sure felt good after a hard day on the slopes!
















Helen & Sharon relaxing - skiing is hard work!

David tried snow boarding but decided to stick with skiing. It came back to him rather quickly and he is already talking about planning our next ski trip. Just what we need - another hobby!

Duncan, Helen, Pierre, Skye, Paul, Allie & Dave - the last day on the slopes

Loads for fun!!

Exhausted!!!!!!!!

What a great vacation!! Amanda, Emily, Allie & I learned to ski from a great instructor - Thanks Paul!!! Allie must have paid more attention than the rest of us as she turned into quite the little skier. She is just a natural I guess.

We made some great memories with our family & good friends! Times like this are what life is all about!

What a way to make 5 bucks!

Allie has lost quite a few of her baby teeth but they have all been the small front teeth on either the top or the bottom.

Sunday Jared & Felisha were visiting and Allie kept saying she had a loose tooth. Felisha being an expert at pulling teeth pulled Allie's very first molar. It was great - no crying or anything. Well only a little crying and that was before Felisha actually tried to pull it! :)

Felisha learned a little "trick" from the school nurse that will help to pull a tooth that is ready to come out with almost no pain. The trick is using gauze. The tooth sticks to it, you gently squeeze at the gum line and out pops the tooth!


So the tooth fairy came Sunday night and Allie had $5 on Monday morning....

What do you know, Allie came home from school today with a second molar in a cute little tooth box she got from the school nurse!! I guess she is trying to put together some spending money for spring break!