Hello and Happy New Year!
We hope everyone had a fun and blessed Christmas and New Years! Over the holidays we were reminded how much the Lord has blessed and surrounded us with such wonderful family.
We spent Christmas down in Texas with the whole Williams clan. It was a little weird for Jane since this was the fist non-white Christmas she has ever had, and it was 70 degrees on Christmas day. Even though we had to leave the beautiful snow of Steamboat, we still had a blast in Texas. We had such a fun time hanging out with everyone and it was the first time in a long time we all got to hang out together as a family without having to plan something like a wedding. After some crazy flight delays we finally made it to Texas late Saturday night and were able to stay the whole week and eventually left Friday morning to head back to Colorado. Our cousins, the DeZonias, as well as Grandma Shack came down from Iowa and enjoyed the warmer weather. Our house was definitely busy but we had a great time cooking up some amazing food (including deep frying a turkey and other assorted foods) and playing fun games with everyone. It was great to be back in Texas for a little while, and who knows, before we know it, we might be moving back there.
When we made it back to Steamboat after some more crazy flight delays and had a little mini Christmas with the Melvins and enjoyed a relaxing day. We then got up the next morning and headed over to the Crooked Creek Younglife Ranch near Winter Park which is only about an hour and a half away. We met up with Emily and Cody and their YL kids for their annual ski trip. It was so fun to be able to see Emily and Cody interact with all their kids. They are both so passionate and talented at what they do with those kids and it is so evident that the Lord is really working through them to make an impact in the lives of these high schoolers. Even though we only got to spend one night there we were so glad we went. And Jane got to experience her first ever Young Life Club, which she really enjoyed!
We brought in the new year with our friends the Kings, and had a great dinner and played some fun games as well as shot off a few fireworks. Then, on new years day, we went snow shoeing. We hiked up Emerald mountain which is just down the road from our house. It was so much fun hiking on the trails or making our own trails through the powder. We are going to try and make this a more regular thing since we enjoyed it so much, not to mention it is quite a good work out!
Enjoy some pictures:
Here is the local expert snow shoeing guide!
First time in snow shoes!
Christmas picture!
The whole clan: Williams', DeZonia's, Blair's, Benac's & Shackelford
The beautiful Williams/Blair/Benac family girls
The deep frying team!
The massive hot tub and gym at Crooked Creek
These are the cabins where all the kids stayed
A huge moose we saw on the road to Crooked Creek
1 comment:
LOVE the family pics! So glad you included those!
And, that's so fun that yall are in Colorado during the snowseason! Perfect timing, you two!
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