Fun with the Cousins

We have been having a blast in Colorado. It finally snowed yesterday at my parents house. The mountains have always had snow but not at my parents house at the base of the mountain. My sister and her family have already gone home and we sure do miss having them around the house. Ava loved playing with her cousins and is sad to not have them around to play with anymore. We don't leave until Monday and are enjoying the colder weather and views of the mountains.

GiGi with the Great-Grandkids.
The four cousins...Emily, Alex, Ava and Isaac

Aren't they adorable!

The girls in their matching shirts

Cooking with GiGi

Fun with Aunt Katie

Cooking with Nana and Emily

All Tucked In

Outside playing with Nana. They are building a house next door so the kids loved looking at the BIG trucks!

Building a gingerbread house

Trapped by Papa's legs

Reading the Christmas Story with Papa

Putting out the reindeer food on Christmas Eve

Silly Ava hiding in a laundry basket...I used to do this when I was her age and have a picture in the same basket. She loved it!

My sisters family! What a beautiful family!

The girls all got aprons for Christmas. Yes, Jenn and I were still half asleep.

Ava playing pick up sticks.

Nana teaching the kids pick up sticks.

Ava and Alex wrestling in blankets. They were both wrapped up in a blanket and then they went to give each other a hug and Ava fell on top of Alex. They were both dying laughing.

All wrapped up in blankets...pre-falling.

Colorado

We made it safely to Colorado on Thursday evening. We had a great flight and the kids were great for me. Curt had to stay back at home until this Wednesday so I had to do it all on my own. I was impressed as both kids didn't fuss at all on the entire 4 hour flight! :) My sister and her family got in on Friday night and we have been having a blast every day! Emily is now 4 and Alex is only 6 weeks younger than Ava. They all get along great and have so much fun together. We have spent the last few days finishing our shopping, building a gingerbread house, playing with ornaments, going on a horse drawn carriage ride and just playing around the house. There is no snow on the ground and today it was a high of 57 but felt like almost 70. It is beautiful weather! We plan to make a trip up the mountain tomorrow to Estes Park (where my 2 aunts live) and I'm sure we will see snow then. Ava is so excited to play in it! I will try to post pictures every few days as the kids are doing things throughout our trip.
Isaac crashed on Papa's lap after a very long day. He's so adorable!

On the horse drawn carriage ride. Emily, Jenn, Nelson and Ava.

Nana, Isaac and I on the carriage ride.

In front of the horse getting ready to go for a ride.

Playing with the snow globe. They were fascinated and Ava kept saying "SNOW!!" I think she's a little excited to see snow! :)