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^^ A blurry view of the snowy trees whizzing by on our way up to the mountains on Christmas Eve.
Hi friends,
As I mentioned yesterday, Chris and I headed up into the mountains for the holiday where we stayed at The Pines Condominiums in Keystone. The condo was splendid, with a fireplace, gorgeous mountain views from every window and a full kitchen with everything we needed to make a delicious Christmas dinner. I thought I’d share some pictures from our stay here.
^^Our dining room looking into what we came to affectionately refer to as our “Christmas nook”.
^^The kitchen
^^ Our Christmas nook, pre decorations.
^^ Chris spent most of his time stoking the lovely wood fire.
^^ Our Christmas nook, all decorated and lovely.
^^ Christmas Eve dinner was at the Black Bear Grill.
^^ Christmas eve entertainment was a roaring fire and some Christmas classics.
^^ Christmas morning Christmas nook views.
^^ I thought this photo was artsy, with the Christmas lights in the foreground, but Chris just said it was confusing.
And that was our lovely, snow-filled Christmas holiday, friends! I hope you all had a relaxing, fun time filled with friends, family and lots of delicious foods … now on to New Years!
^^ I can’t even begin to believe that later this week I’ll be posting my year in review. Unbelievable. I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday with their loved ones! The above photo is from the mountain cabin where Chris and I holed up in front of the fire for three days through Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after. That was one of the views from our windows. It was splendid. I’ll be back later to blog a bit more about it, as well as post the year that was 2015. Until then – bis bald, friends!
^^ Well, friends, Christmas week is upon us, and I am beyond ready for some rest and rejuvenation. Chris headed to the mountains this past weekend (where he sent me the above photo), while I stayed home and relaxed and caught up on my magazines and Netflix. We’ll be heading to the mountains again for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, since we rented a cabin there. It’s our first Christmas without any family, and while I’m excited for our plans, I’m ready to feel a bit nostalgic for the Christmas’s of yore with family running around, as well. My big ole’ year-end update is coming up soon (we took in a lot of these beautiful United States the past 12 months), so I look forward to putting that together and moving on to 2016. Bis bald, friends!
^^ Well Christmas is most definitely on its way, but if you ask me, it can’t get here soon enough. Still, I enjoy the way that Denver really goes all out to celebrate the holiday. I grabbed coffee with a friend in Union Station on Saturday morning and got to check out these cute little carolers on my out. Hope you guys are all enjoying this festive season, as well. Bis bald!
^^ I love how ridiculously red this photo is, and the fact that you can barely even tell that Penny has plopped herself down right smack dab in the middle of the most comfortable chair in the room. She’s no fool. Anyway, this week and weekend was spent getting things back in order after my sis and bro-in-law left and putting the finishing touches on some holiday decorating. Even though Chris and I won’t actually be in our apartment for Christmas, it still feels nice to have it all dressed up and fancy. Nighttime is my favorite right now when I can turn off all the big lights and just turn on all the holiday stuff and relax. Bis bald, friends — hope your holiday season is going well!
Well friends — my husband, sister and brother-in-law pulled off the best secret ever when my sis and bro-in-law flew to Denver last Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with us. We had such a great time with them here, and while I was sad to see them go, it certainly helps to have the next visit planned (February, here I come!) before saying goodbye.
Here’s a bit of what we got up to:
^^ All geared up and ready to run the Washington Park Turkey Trot! It snowed … like a lot … on Thanksgiving, so Steph and I sat this one out in the car and chatted while we waited for the boys to finish 😉
^^ See what I mean — snow! From our rooftop, downtown Denver looked like a snow globe.
^^ Not a bad little Thanksgiving meal we made for ourselves, if I do say so myself!
^^ Game time at Prost Brewing.
^^ Cuddles at The Infinite Monkey Theorem. We also visited Ratio Beerworks and had dinner at Park Burger.
^^ On our way to King Soopers to check out their tree selections (sad, I know), we passed The Big Wonderful night bazaar, and low and behold, they were selling trees! (Happy!) So of course we stopped and picked out a great one, which we affectionately named Esmerelda.
^^ Loaded on Mannie and ready to go home.
^^ Okay, so our tree is half icicle lights and half regular lights — I think it gives her character!
^^ We attended a going away party Saturday night at Mile High Spirits, where the couple that is moving actually got engaged, as well. It turned out to be a pretty special night.
^^ These two 😉
^^ We got mad love for you kids — you’re welcome back any time!
And that was Thanksgiving in a nutshell, my friends! Bis bald — and and hey … happy December!