We're Back!

Technically, we've been back for several days, but I am just now getting around to getting our pictures off the camera. Yep, you heard that right, we took pictures! (I now feel compelled to confess that they were all taken at the same location and while we really wanted to get a family photo of all of us (Ian's immediate family), somehow it didn't happen. But, hope you still enjoy what we did get!)

So the weather was actually great in Colorado. Unlike the dumping we've been getting in So Cal, it was sunny with a blue sky pretty much every day. On Thursday, we had some snow flurries that were pretty fun, but otherwise, it was dry and about 40 during the heat day. Not too bad. Though seriously, dry doesn't even begin describe the lack of moisture in the air up there. Each night, it was like all the saliva was sucked right out of our throats. And whatever ailed us, we just blamed the altitude, which made for some pretty funny jokes. Well, funny to us.

ANYWAY, onto the pictures. About three miles from the cabin that Mom and Dad McCurry rented for us all, there was an awesome lake that was totally frozen over. The first time we walked around it, we saw people ice skating on it. They were having so much fun!



Then the second day we went for a walk there, we saw people ice fishing. I've never seen that in real life! They had drilled a whole in the lake and set up camping chairs and were fishing away. Very cool!



Here's Heather, Rob and Rowan (who slept through most of the walk that day), as we're getting a little exercise and enjoying the brisk weather. On this particular walk, it was about 20 degrees outside. Burr!



And here's us, standing by the frozen lake.



In addition to walking around the lake, here's a few other things we did while in Colorado:

• Read in the cabin
• Cooked Christmas breakfast together
• Watched a couple of movies
• Drove to Colorado Springs several times to see family
• Met about 20 members of Ian's family
• Visited with cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousin's kids
• Sipped hot chocolate while eating popcorn (one of my all time favorite combos)
• Opened presents
• Monitored the temperature - I already knew this about myself, but I'm pretty obsessed with watching the temperature. Lucky for me (and everyone else), our rental car and our cabin both had thermometers, so I was never without a chance to announce, "It's 19 degrees out right now!" =)
• Found out a friend here got in engaged
• Slept in

All in all, it was a nice trip. It's probably not something we'll do again soon, but we were glad to be with the whole McCurry family for this special celebration.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!