Winter in Colorado - Trenton's First Vacation

It has been a while since we've had a vacation so we were all looking forward to going to CO. There wasn't as much snow this year as in the past, but this was definitely the COLDEST trip ever!

We all got bundled up and took the Ranger to the neighbor's house to visit. It was a freezing ride over there. The wind hurt when it hit our faces. I don't know what we were thinking taking the Ranger.


Trenton was all bundled up, but it was way too cold out there for him. Instead of taking the Ranger back, Kurt went and got the truck and came back for us. Here's my blued eye boy during his first visit to the snow!


This is what the truck said the temperature was... 9. But when we got home, we found out the wind chill factor made it feel like -20. Brrrr.


After such a cold afternoon, Trenton was ready for a nice warm snooze! After that, he spent most the rest of the trip indoors. It was too cold for him!


We packed the jumper to give him something to do. He had much more fun in the warm house.


Kurt all bundled up. He is such a big kid when it comes to the snow. He was looking for any excuse to get out in it, even if it were to just shovel the walkways.


My dad all bundled up. Brooklyn kept calling him "monster".


Petting the horses at the neighbors'. Brooklyn LOVES the horses. She couldn't get enough! She really loved feeding them hay too.


She didn't care for being in the snow. She spent most of the trip crying when we would put her down. She did warm up at the end and then we couldn't keep her out of it. This cracked me up though.


Yep, that says the outside temp is 2 degrees. This was before I went to bed. My mom checked it in the middle of the night and it dropped to negative 3. Brrrr.


Brooklyn striking a pose, having a snack by the fireplace.

Trenton giving me silly grins in bed one morning. I just love this kid.


My sister in law came out the first night they were there dressed in her footie jammies with the kids. My mom had given them to her as a joke for her bachelorette party. I guess they came in handy afterall :)


These two cracked me up all week. Here they are giving me silly faces while sharing a banana. Too cute!


Auntie Heidi was getting a workout while doing situps in the snow with Brooklyn on her stomach! Way to go Heidi!


Brooklyn all bundled up.


Me and Brooklyn.


Sage and Tanner getting ready to play in the snow.


A big dog pile in the snow... Heidi was at the very bottom.


My brother and Trenton showing off their matching beanies.


Me and Sage.


Kurt and I in the snow! I felt like a big black stay puff marshmallow man in all those clothes!

We made a couple of snowmen. Not as big as last years, but we did what we could with what we had to work with. I didn't realize making a snowman was such a workout. I was sore when we were done~


They turned out cute.


Hey, this snowman wants to sled with everyone else.


Rub a dub dub, three kids in a tub! This was their favorite way to end the day.


Having some tummy time while everyone else was outside playing. Just noticed I caught Bailee in the background too :)


Are you ready for some football? I sure am. Trenton all decked out in his football outfit to celebrate the Super Bowl.


Brooklyn jumping on Sage's bed. This girl loves to jump! Oh, and she decorated herself with stickers to celebrate the Super Bowl. I guess she likes those better than sports~


Trenton trying to get to his friends Giraffe and Turtle.


OK, so I mentioned Brooklyn wasn't liking the snow. So when we went on another trip to the neighbors' to see the horses, I left my camera at home..... BIG MISTAKE. While we were out there, Brooklyn warmed up to the idea of the snow and was walking all around making snow angels, riding on the quad with us over the frozen pond, she was pretending to ice skate on the pond, and me and Heidi actually did ice skate. The neighbors brought out skates for us to use. I haven't ice skated in forever. This was way different too because it was so bumpy. It was so much fun though!!!!! I wish I would have had my camera. You'll just have to pretend this cartoon is me! Ha ha. I definitely worked off my meals that day. It's amazing how much you sweat when it's so cold outside~

So, now we can't keep Brooklyn out of the snow. She was ready to play all day. Here she is by the snowman. Only now he lost his face because the sun was out the day before and melted part of him. Oops.


Sage and Brooklyn.


Bailee playing in the snow.

Sage sledding.


Brooklyn checking out the property.


My brother and his beautiful family.


Brooklyn having fun with a BIG snowball. She wanted to throw it at Grandpa.


Trenton standing in the windowsill wishing he could come out and play too. Next year buddy!


Me and Brooklyn sledding.


Once you get to the bottom, you have to walk back up.


My brother and Heidi going down together.


Trenton eating his popcorn (that's what Brooklyn kept calling the fake corn on the cob). I think this kid might be working on bringing some teeth down. He was constantly chewing on whatever he can get his hands on and drooling like crazy. He's been a bit cranky too and that's out of character for him. That's why I think it's the teeth.

Right before we had to leave (the same day my brother left) it dumped a bunch of snow in the middle of the night. It sure was pretty~


Covered up all the tracks we had made over the week.


And covered our vehicles.


I just had to include this one. Brooklyn looked so cute when she was sleeping.


This girl has some major bed head every day!


Trenton has really gotten the hang of eating his rice cereal. He keeps stealing the spoon from me and wanting to do it himself. I'm surprised he actually likes it. Maybe in a couple weeks we'll start something with flavors!


Only bad part about letting him do it himself is that it makes a big mess. Oh well, he sure is cute!

The drive to CO is 7 hours. I am so proud of both the kids. Brooklyn has always been a good traveler and we were wondering how Trenton would do his first time. He had about 15 minutes of fussiness on the way there and about 20 minutes on the way home. Not too shabby! I can handle that!

Here is how he rides~


And this is Brooklyn. This was her first trip with a window seat. She used to be in the middle. She enjoyed it I think. Until we were about an hour from home and she decided to get car sick. Puked all over. Yucko. Only happened once and then she was asking for a granola bar. I guess she felt better.


Trenton did a lot of napping while we drove. Yeay!


We had such a good time. It is nice being home though. I was ready for my own bed, and having the kids in their own rooms instead of sharing with me.

I sure am glad we have such a great vacation spot with my parents. We always have fun and enjoy everyone's company.