Jeana and Jake’s visit: The Gobars visited in early December, and we had a great time. Reagan and Jake went skiing at Arapahoe Basin and Breckenridge, and the ladies went shopping. We enjoyed staying in Breck for a night, as steak and beer are always a great way to end a long day of skiing.
Jeana and Page on front of Hearthstone in Breckenridge
Christmas & New Year’s weekend: The SoRell family visited for 5 days over Christmas, and it was nice to have a White Christmas. There was plenty of great food, sledding, skiing, games, and laughing. We both got plenty of cold-weather gear and skiing accessories from Santa. Page got me a sweet skiing helmet, and I got her a pink one (shockingly, the child’s small fit her). I came through with a pretty sweet Coach for Page..... like she needed another one. Being a good son, I even played poker with friends until 3:00 AM because I had to take my family to the airport at 4:00 AM. We headed to the mountains for New Year’s weekend. We stayed in a sweet house in Silverthorn, where we played games, invented games, and enjoyed the hot tub. I was involved in the invention of a new game that combines beer pong and golf. Page and I had a lot of fun skiing Keystone for the first time, until I took my worst fall so far. I initially feared a broken arm, toughed it out for 2+ weeks, and now think I have a little bone damage. I guess I will lay off my ski jumping for a while, even if it means that Jake and I will not be as successful in our “synchronized skiing” on his next trip…. Haha. I am up to 15 days of skiing, and I think Page is at 9 days.
SoRell family in Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk
January: We celebrated our 4th Anniversary on January 7th. It coincided with Alabama/Texas title game, so we watched the game in the bar at Morton’s. I am glad to be sharing my life with Page, and she is a wonderful wife. As somewhat of an anniversary trip, we went to Las Vegas for three nights. We stayed at The Palms, and it was a blast. It was fun to walk the Strip, check out numerous casinos/resorts, gamble, watch sidewalk entertainers, and eat some world-class food: Bellagio buffet (twice), In-n-Out Burger, Pink’s Hot Dogs, and a Brazilian steakhouse. Courtney also came for a weekend visit. We had breakfast in Golden on Saturday, and the ladies dropped me off to ski at Breckenridge before they went shopping. We took Courtney to Snooze on Sunday, our favorite breakfast place. After waiting a really long time, the manager told us we would not have to pay for our food. Thus, we loaded up on burritos and pancakes….. cherry cream cheese, pineapple upside down, apple & pear w/ maple cream, and funky monkey (banana and chocolate chips). It was nice to see Courtney, as Page really misses her friends. We are heading to Houston for four nights in February over President’s Day weekend. We can’t wait to see some great friends, eat some great food, and hopefully play golf.
Big Horn Sheep
In front of Bellagio water show
Flamingos at the Flamingo
M&M Store
LA's famous Pinks Hot Dogs
