Vacation in Durango

Woo hoo! We went on our first vacation as a family to Durango, CO, and had a blast!! It is official...Taylor LOVES the snow and enjoys playing in it as much as Tyson and I do. Grady also seemed to enjoy it....at least, he didn't object to it!!

While we were there, it proceeded to snow over 40 inches in three days. That's quite of bit of snow for us Texas folk!! It truly was a beautiful sight. Of course, it made it more difficult to ski in, but hey----skiing is skiing (or in Tyson's and my case, snowboarding is snowboarding)! We were so happy to be back on the slopes!

We stayed in a beautiful townhome with Mimi and Poppa, Haley and Ryan, Aunt Patty, Tyson's uncle Rex and aunt Yvonne, cousins Brian, Carmen and Kevin, and his wife Nicole, and their two kids, Colson and Ellie. Taylor and Ellie were serious buddies!! It was so cute to see them play together. It was also cute to see Grady's face light up every time Colson played with him. Thank goodness for Colson and Ellie...they really kept Taylor and Grady entertained!

In an effort to save some money, we drove to CO with Tyson's cousin, Brian. We broke up the trip on the way there and stopped overnight in Tucumcari, NM. I think we could have spent the whole trip there---the kids LOVED staying in a hotel (yuck!). We decided to make it home in one trip, so that's what we did.....13 hours in a car with two little ones....what were we thinking?!! They actually did pretty well until the last hour. Then everyone (including myself!) had a meltdown. I think it's safe to say we won't be making any long-distance trips for a while!!

All in all, the trip was a success and we can't wait to go "snowing" again!!

At the Best Western in Tucumcari, NM.
They were CRAZY kids in the hotel.

Who needs snow when you can play in the luggage rack?

Taylor was ready to go sledding the first day we were there.

Taylor and Colson playing in the snow that accumulated on our driveway.

Snow buddies!

Taylor watching her daddy play on the bunny slope
(after the lifts had shut down for the day).

Taylor was getting some help from Colson when trying to bury Tyson in the snow.

Trying to catch a snowflake!

The snow just kept falling and falling!
(Note the snow piled up next to the Stop sign!)

The view from our patio looking toward the bunny slope.

A view from our bedroom patio.

The "wall" of snow that we saw every time we looked out our window.

Notice the snow on top of the rental minivan (on the right). There was no snow on it when we got the vehicle. The car on the left had the same amount of snow, but we had knocked some of the snow off already.

Taylor ALWAYS had to have her full gear on to go outside!

Finally! The sun appeared on our last day of skiing so we were able to get some nice shots!

A shot of the snow-covered trees from the lift chair.

Grady and Taylor posing with Daddy.

A group shot with Mommy.

The fun part....taking all of our snow clothes off.

Warming up next to the fire.

A happy boy glad to be back inside!