California!

So I went to California to visit my sister and my niece for Memorial Day! I had so much fun with them, it was hard to leave. My little angel niece is growing up so fast! Almost every morning Joella would bring Olivia to my room and we would lay together and then I would give her a bath and get her dressed for the day, that was fun! We went shopping and went to the beach a few times, laid out in the sun! We had dinner a few times with either friends or family. We went to see my aunt who lives close by, had a BBQ and swam in her pool and saw my cousin! Overall it was a great trip, sad to leave:-( Can't wait to see them again!

Kickball

No, this isn't me reminiscing about life as a fourth grader. Jamie and I were on an actual kick team in a real league through the city. There are even national adult kickball rules! Who knew? We played with our small group from church, it was tons of fun and we even won two games. My advice, go talk to your local city representative and start a kickball league near you.

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!