Thursday, December 30, 2010

More CO fun

Doing silly stuff downtown Fort Collins.
Downtown Fort Collins with the cousins.

The place we spent most evenings - the swimming pool at our hotel.


We checked out the King Tut exhibit in Denver, CO.


Everyone wearing a Hawk hat to get ready to cheer the Hawks on.

Rachel and Grant saying good-bye to Brody.


Hanging in Red Feather to do some snow tubing for the day.

Going up the tube lift at the snow resort.

Here come Ashley and Abbie down the hill in their tubes.





Grant going up the lift with Mom. I just like his face in this photo.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas in Colorado

We started our trip with a trip to Casa Bonita in Denver.
The kids hanging out with Oma at Casa Bonita.
Rachel and I doing some ice skating.


Ashley, Abbie and Rachel hanging out by the huge tree by the ice rink.



Everyone getting warm by the fire while ice skating.




The girls taking Brody for a walk in the neighborhood.





Decorating gingerbread man/women cookies with Uncle Paul.

Then it was time to make Reindeer Dust so Santa would find us in Colorado.


The Podhajsky family right after church on Christmas Eve.


Oma and Pop with the grandkids.

Looking down at the kids while they enjoy watching a movie before Santa comes.



All of the treats they left out for Santa and his reindeers.



Everyone waiting to come down the stairs on Christmas morning. Even the dog Brody was excited.

Here they come down the stairs. The kids with their toys from their stockings.


Grant with his Brasil soccer jersey and shorts.




Rachel showing off her SpyNet Watch.



Jacob and Ryan playing with Uncle Tim's new toy - iPad.

All of the kids at dinner today at Tim and Lori's.


Uncle Tim and Grant building a cool Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Omnitrix.

Recker Christmas

Our family at the Recker Christmas
The Aunties - Kim and Leah

Abbie sporting a new hat and scarf.

I do believe this was Jacob's best gift of all this Christmas.

Aunt Jill and Rachel playing the game Jill gave her for Christmas.

All of us kids with Mom and Dad.





Mom and Dad with the Grandkids.






Rachel and Grandma with the afgan mom made for her bed.







The closes thing Mom was going to get for a monkey this year.








The Everman's - Eric, Paige, Andrew and Jill.





Sunday, December 12, 2010

Weekend fun 12-12-2010

Rachel having some fun with Albert.
A new winter game inside the house - Wheel of Fortune in the play room.

The whole family decorated cookies on Saturday morning.


Hairnets and all for us ladies. The health inspector would be happy to see that.



I took the girls and Anna to a cooking class at Hy-Vee.




Grant's first time on a snowboard. You would have been proud Uncle Joel.


The girls doing some sledding outside in -20 wind chill weather.


This week in photos 12-12-2010

Rachel had Poetry Alive at school this week. She did a GREAT job.
Rachel, Grant and Abbie visited Santa this week.


Grant and Rachel had a huge bubble fight in the tub.

Rachel had a Brownie meeting this week.


Heat Miser and Snow Miser visited us this week. Gotta love those guys.