Living the High Life

Yup, that is us - living the high life in Breckenridge, Colorado.  We had a beautiful weekend and wonderful friends who joined us.  Was a wonderful 'Staycation'.  Kyle had the excellent idea of a Staycation since we often take the beauty of Colorado for granted.  We started it off meeting up for happy hour at ... where else?... a Marriot (who Kyle just so happens to work for).

Our Friday evening was pretty much more of what you see in the first two pictures... no need to relive those glory days.  Saturday morning we had planned to snow shoe (notice the lack of snow near us) or hike.  As a result of staying up too late on Friday night... we decided to take it easy on Saturday.  That included starting our day out by the hot tub!  The girls even got a few laps in (they are training for a tri this Aug).

After we got 'enough sun' we decided to walk around Breck to see the beauty and check out the local shops.  One of those shops just so happened to be a local distillery.  Free tastings? Sure!

After a leisurely check out on Sunday, we hit the road to head out to Dillon on our way home.  There is a range set up that is self managed by the participants present.  It was a great range with a beautiful view of the mountains.  Only downfall? Those darn power lines were detracting from our view... oh ... and yeah... the range was directly next to the landfill (ew).  We brought up three different guns for the occasion, Kyle's 9Mil, Amy's 45 and Kris' AR-15.  All of the guns were great fun to shoot!  Here are the best pictures of us 'looking tuff'.  But first, a lesson on the guns for everyone.  Safety First, kiddos!

See what I mean about the beauty of the mountains! ... but those darn power lines!  I love this next picture.  It was Amy's first shot ever on the AR-15.  You can just hear me say "whoa" in the picture.  It sure was fun to shoot!  Not an awful lot of kickback, but pretty loud!

Another Staycation in our Future?? I Sure Hope So!  Next time, we might even bring the kids!

This Is How We Roll

Amy and Alisa decided it would be fun to get a group together to go bowling.  Of course Karsten and Kasey requested Luke and Julie to attend!  We had quite the group, but as you can see from the pics... very few pics of the adults.  This was our boys' First Bowling trip and they Loved it! 

Karsten loved shoving that ball as hard as he could and enjoyed the fact that he actually beat Mommy's final score!  I think we have a ringer on our hands!

Kasey also enjoyed bowling.  Although, I am pretty sure his favorite part was spinning in slippery shoes on the wood floor.  This kid has Moves on the dance floor!

We even got to bowl in the dark for a bit!

Yep, it was a successful day and they are already asking to go back.  Looks like I need to brush up on my skills to keep up with Karsten and Kasey!

Avs Game 5

Alright, by now we know the Avs made it to Game 7 of the playoffs and no... it didn't end up how we expected.  Let down again this year by yet another Colorado team this year; but I digress... 

Kari had sweet tickets to the Avs and asked us to join her and her hubby, Eric!  Um - Of Course we wanna go!!  We had excellent seats and it was great to watch two teams who worked so hard to be in the playoffs doing so well against each other!  Did I mention the other team was the MN Wild? There might have been a few texts that night back and forth between Kari/Amy and Melissa who was watching from the comfort of her couch.

The game was intense and we even got to go to OT!  This is our reaction of extending our evening out for more Avalanche fun!

Final Score?  4-3; AVS!  What an Excellent way to end the evening and what a great night out with friends!  Thanks again for the tickets, Kari!!

It was a fantastic evening and got our entire family into the spirit for the upcoming games.  Our boys were especially excited about the Avalanche playing!

Rodeo or Wedding Reception???

We recently went to see the Rodeo All Stars and had a blast!  The kids were excited for yet another rodeo (this is becoming a regular for them!) and for being able to miss their bedtime by a few hours.  I should note as you may have noticed in other posts, but can Definitely tell in this one... Karsten has a black nose as he was an Easter Bunny at school on Friday and wouldn't let us take the nose off until Easter Sunday!

 Funny thing is that I didn't take one picture of the rodeo.  The most fun part was before it even started!  Music was going and kids had a few dance moves to show off.  So cute!

After the rodeo, we stopped by The Chute for a quick beverage before heading home.  We did only have one beverage, but it seemed to last all night.  We got in there and it was quite similar to a wedding reception.  Grown ups and Kids dancing Everywhere! We decided to show off a few of our moves as well, but not before the boys decided to show off their Cinch jeans... Kris, what are you looking at?

 The girls weren't wearing Cinch so they just decided to have fun with props.  The kids Loved this part too!

Time to move and groove!  What a workout. There were so many great songs; we barely stopped dancing!  We had a blast and the kids enjoyed being center stage to show off their moves before heading home.  Needless to say, the kids were asleep in the truck before we got out of the parking lot!

Easter Activities

The boys Love dying Easter eggs and ask almost monthly if they can color eggs.  Tis the season!

The morning of Easter, we all went to church and then had our egg hunt (as stated in our previous post).  After all the fun was over; it was time to get to work!  Karsten and Mommy had some one on one time while Daddy took Kasey to Chatfield to help clean sites.  We started by cooking...

Then, it was time to play again!  Bubbles, a sandbox all by himself... life couldn't get better...

 That is until Brother came home!  Then, the real party began!

We spent a lot of time outside enjoying the sunshine until Uncle David arrived.  All it took was one comment about stealing their eggs and the game was on!  Run, boys!  Don't let him get your candy!

 Nothing like a tasty ham for our delicious holiday meal.  It turned out wonderful! Great Job, Kris!

After we ate, it was time to burn a few calories.  Baseball, anyone??