Albus Adventures: vacation

Colorado, the Finale

Our last day in Keystone, Colorado was such a fun finale! After the snow the night before we knew we had to make another snowman attempt! This is more like it!

Daddy won major points with the boys when he put his sun glasses on the man of snow!

Of course more snowball warfare occurred between these 3!

After some fun in the snow and a nap we were off to another highlight of our trip, the fondue dinner on top of the mountain!

Jeff explained it to the boys as dinner you cook yourself and they really got into it!

Our family LOVES cheese!

The Bavarian atmosphere was complete with live music!

This induced impromptu dancing between our boys and some random lady sitting behind us!

However, dancing promptly ended when the chocolate began to flow!

Our family during dessert...

and warming up fireside!

The next morning we started the 2 day journey home. Jeff was really excited to get a picture with Pike's Peak and show it to the boys!

We were all excited to see Texas again

but even more excited to share a little time with the Carpenter clan as we drove through Dallas! We got to wish Clayton a happy birthday and spend a couple of hours with them before heading home!

Colorado Part 4

On March 17 we took the gondola to the top of the mountain again for some fun in the snow! It was excellent timing as it had snowed over night.

Keystone has this fun event called Kidtopia that was going on while we were there and this giant snow fort was one of the main attractions of it! The kids loved it!

My Angel making snow angels

and sibling rivalry expressed in snow ball warfare

And of course more family photos before going tubing!

Angel was really into it which I wasn't necessarily expecting since he can be a bit reserved about heights!

Now our silly J was a bit Out of Control and had to sit out a few runs to make sure he stayed safe.

I was the one that was the most scared initially, but it was really exhilarating! I would have gone on a lot more runs if it weren't for the "people mover" you had to get on with your tube to get back up to the top. Now that freaked me out!

J was clearly unfazed by missing out on some runs on the tube. He entertained himself on the snow drift! This little ball of energy totally has my heart!

That evening it snowed again and it was simply beautiful to experience as we waited for the shuttle bus to take us back to our hotel after dinner!

Colorado Part 3

Some of my favorite memories from our trip are the times we were just exploring together.

On March 16, we explored River Run Village, beginning with lunch and some family photo ops.

Then we made attempt #1 of building a snowman. I know it is seriously sad how tiny it was but we made up for it later in the trip!

There was also a snow ball war between these 2 and their daddy!

We also got to experience some amazing views as we took a GPS treasure hunt!

The boys loved helping navigate although we had to confiscate one of the GPS devices to ensure we did in fact make it back to our hotel!

We also went on top of the mountain on the gondola and took some more pictures.

I love my sweet family!

Colorado Part 2

As mentioned in the last post, I took over 1,000 pictures on this trip so there will be several picture heavy posts. You're welcome!

The sunrise outside our hotel window on day 1 of our time there!

I think kids all bundled up is so precious! Can you find J? We planned to ice skate on this outdoor ice rink but it was closed due to the ice beginning to melt. No biggie, but we enjoyed taking some photos of the scenery.

I honestly can't get enough of these too cuties! And who can blame me, right?

While waiting to catch the bus to go to the location of the sleigh ride the boys got to make s'mores! Ice cream cones instead of graham crackers, very clever!