Vail

This past weekend we took a trip up to Vail to visit our friends Jeremy and Kelsey. They live in Eagle, just west of Vail. Jeremy hooked us up with a good deal on lift tickets so we spent Saturday on the mountain. The resort is incredible. By far the biggest and best I have ever experienced (supposedly it is the biggest resort in North America). We had a good day skiing/boarding even though the snow wasn't that great. It was nearly 50 degrees and a bit slushy, but the views and the runs were awesome. Probably my favorite part of the day was lunch (things never change, that was always my answer in elementary school too). On top of one of the many slopes they have a couple of BBQ pits open for everyone and we grilled up some brats. Great scenery and good food, can't beat that. Vail is definitely on the list for next winter's ski trip, as long as we can get some cheap lift tickets. Otherwise it is way expensive$$!

Visit from the in-laws and some sights from Colorado

Jamie's brother Jared and his wife Bekah came to visit us the last weekend in February and her parents and sister Jessica and her husband Jesse came out the following weekend. We had lots of fun showing them around Colorado. We went snowboarding with Bekah and Jared (our first time since we have lived here) and went up to Estes Park with her parents and the double Js. Here are some pics of the visit and some great shots of the Colorado scenery (all in a random order, didn't have time to orginize). It will make you want to come visit too, and there is always plenty of room at the Brower house!

Capturing the professional at work along the Poudre River.



Jared's photo of us was much better than mine of them, I think I was a little far away but still didn't even get the full peak in the picture.


Estes Park

Domino fun!






Hanging out on along the river in the Poudre Canyon.




The Rockies up at Winter Park.
Jamie had fun hitting the slopes all bundled up.

Is that a moose in the background?!

Daisy update

She is growing but looking as cute as ever!

The BFFs sunning themselves by the pile of wood (it used to be a nice pile, but they thought it would look better if they re-organized. One of their favorite past times is wood licking/chewing).



Somewhat of a glamor shot. She sits so lady like.
Hooch was getting jealous so he needed a close up too.

Christmas Pics

Even though Christmas was almost a month ago, here are a few pics from when the fam was here.



Daisy and Jamie having fun on Christmas morning!

One of our family presents was a night out to dinner and a show. We all got tickets to go to the Carousel Dinner Theatre to see White Christmas. It was a good night out and the show was pretty good. A bit disappointed in the food, specifically the desert. But other than that is was a great time.

Mom, Dad, and Calista at the dinner theatre

Tori and Jamie at dinner on Christmas Eve and the Rock Bottom Brewery.
Another family pic, with little Daisy too!

California Trip!

Here are some pics of our trip to California, seeing my sister and her new baby girl Olivia! It was a blast, we did some hiking and Skylar and my brother in laws went surfing! And of course I held my niece as much as I could! It was a great trip and I was sad to leave!

Its not a boy...its a girl! My new niece!

Here are some pictures of my new niece, Olivia Noel! She was born on Christmas day, after 32 hours of labor, doctors decided to do a C-section. After many many months of thinking it was a boy, they got a surprise when doctors told them that it was a girl!! We all were so shocked but also very very excited and overwhelmed with love for this little girl! God is amazing and has a sense of humor! Both mom and baby are doing very well and maybe going home really soon! Skylar and I get to go visit on the 31st for 5 days. I can't wait to meet my niece! There will be many more pictures to come!

The latest addition

When we first moved into our new house and finished our yard we talked about getting a little play mate for Hooch. A few months ago one of Jamie's patients dog had 9 puppies (pure-bred bull mastiff puppies, my favorite!) But they were pretty expensive so we decided against it. Then we found out that Hooch tore both of his ACLs (that's right, BOTH back legs!) So another dog was out of the question while Hooch is going through his recovery (he had surgery about 2 1/2 weeks ago on one, once I figure out how to get pictures off of my phone I will post a pic of him after his surgery). Anyway, last Friday Jamie got a call from her patient who had the puppies and she said she wanted to give on to her! For free!! It turns out that they are moving, they only had two puppies left, and she just wanted to bless Jamie. Even though another dog is a lot of work Jamie convinced me and I just couldn't say no to a Mastiff Pup. We picked her up last Saturday, her name is Daisy (I wanted to name our next dog Turner but I just couldn't do that to a girl dog).



So now we have quite the hosehold. Especially with my parents visiting over Christmas, they brought their dog too. So we have three dogs, two cats, and 6 people running around the house. Fun fun!

Right now Daisy is about 14 weeks old and already weighs 35 lbs! She is small (relatively) but heavy. Her mom is 110 lbs and the dad was 150lbs, so she will probably end up around 120 or so. She is going to make Hooch look small (he is only 75 lbs these days). It will be fun to see them playing around with each other once he is all healed up. We will try to keep posting pics over the next couple of weeks so you all can watch how fast she grows.