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less than two weeks ago we were in colorado, bundling up and enjoying the mountains. i spent two days out on my snowboard, or what i thought was my snowboard but it turns out it's really sarah's. long story.

all you need to know is that after ten years of hibernation i made it down the mountain painlessly, and backwards. and then i got my bindings fixed and it was even more fun.
tom took care of the kids while i enjoyed my old ski runs with my family. they sledded at the mountain and made lego ships and watched hoops.

i got to watch abbie learn how to ski and that was thrilling. she picked it up so quickly and made all of us proud. from 5 year old abbie to 73 year old uncle jack we covered the hills of winter park.
we also met rachel's boyfriend e.j. and even though she is a skier, e.j. knows the fun stuff happens on a board. he took jumps every chance he got and when he didn't land them it didn't matter, he got back up and tried the next one. it was a lot of fun getting to know him and laughing on the chairlift together.

the highlight for me was hanging out with rachel. we're happy that she loves it in colorado, but if there was a way to bring the mountains to merriam we would.

we also ate a lot while we were there, each of us making different meals, but i don't have any photos to show of the food. but believe me, it was delicious.