Blizzard and Sledding

Well, we finally had a blizzard...about a foot of snow...and Bailey just didn't care for this snow either...she really misses Texas! I shoveled the front sidewalk while Alexis created this huge mound of snow on the front porch...she told me she was shoveling the porch and steps but she got a little side tracked (she really didn't want me to take this picture).

Then Alexis went sledding for the first time...she didn't like the steep hills but the smaller ones were "good" in her words.

This was the part she got tired of...there was no magic carpet to get her to the top of the hill like skiing...

Now for the fun videos...Alexis...then daddy reliving his youth...and then Alexis shoveling the backyard 3 days after the blizzard in her new flip flops...then, this morning we woke up to more snow! Argh!!!! We thought we were going to be in Denver for the record breaking year for least snowfall since the 1880's. Hopefully Spring will come soon!

Over the years with the Easter Bunny

In 2005, the first time with the Easter Bunny at about 8 months old...this session went really well... Then 2006 at about 16 months old, she just did not want to sit on his lap...but we did get a classic picture!

Ok, 2007 at about 2 1/2 years old, she was absolutely terried of him...I can't believe I put her on his lap...but I really wanted a picture and I got another classic!

Last year in 2008, she said that she would only go if I went so I said ok, but then she started crying when we went up to him...had a few tears and then this picture was a struggle...

This year, she wouldn't go again unless I went and she warmed up to him pretty quick...she asked for "chocolate" and he said thumbs up!

Skiing again...Loveland this time...then a visit to Vail

We took Alexis skiing in Loveland, and she took a lesson all day. Here she is headed up the magic carpet...this one moved a lot faster than the one in Eldora. Her instructor said she did really well and is starting to get her turns down...maybe next time she will go up the lift...Alexis is in the pink jacket and pants and white helmet... Pictures of her skiing down the hill...

Attempting to go between the flags...

Still heading for them...

And she made it through...

Alexis fell down and is waiting for her instructor to help her up...

Two neat action shots with her instructor...

Learning to bend down while heading down the hill...We headed to Vail after her lesson and this was 10 minutes into the drive...

Eric and Alexis with the Ski Trooper in Vail...

Eric and Alexis in front of Vail Village and the first part of the mountain...

We had dinner at Blu's and here is Alexis with daddy's beer...

Alexis with the skiier statue...

Alexis had to climb every rock she saw...here she is on top of one of the rocks...

And she wasn't fooled by this fake snow but still wanted to pose...

Here are two videos of Alexis skiing...the top one is earlier on and the bottom one was later in the day... I like the second one where she says get out my way to another skiier in her class...

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Alexis was so excited to wear her green today...she really didn't understand why, but...she kept saying "Patrick's Day, so we are celebrating Sponge Bob's friend Patrick?" Oh well...

Collegiate Byway and South Park

On Saturday, we headed to the Top of the Rockies and Collegiate Byways...we started heading west of I-70 and went through the Eisenhower Tunnel...this was a highlight for Alexis... We headed south around Silverthorne... Mountain range on the Top of the Rockies byway...

Alexis in front of a huge snow mound (she kept begging for a place to stop so she could throw snowballs)...

Views on the Top of the Rockies byway...

Alexis in one of her many poses of the day...

Then we headed to the Collegiate Byway where there are 14,000+ foot mountains named after universities...what a beautiful site!

Picture time...posing in front of the Collegiates...

Sitting in the tree in front of the Collegiates...

Sitting on the limb...Eric was extremely nervous for this one...

Hanging from the branch...

Alexis was in one of her model posing moods...so I took advantage of it and got some neat shots!

This is our future retirement home...on the top of the mountain in the middle of nowhere!

ALEXIS' PHOTOGRAPHY...Eric and I in front of Mt. Yale (I think...I kept getting them all confused)...

Eric and I in front of Mt. Harvard (again, I think...)...

Alexis taking pictures of herself in the car...she took about 20 of these...I think she was getting bored...our driving time for this trip was about 5 hours total throughout the day...

SOUTH PARK - Yes there really is an area called South Park...the small town in South Park is an 1800s town restored. There were cute little shops and even some restaurants and a bed and breakfast. I bought a Western Ken doll for $10 (used to have one when I was younger but it broke) and Alexis got a beach barbie for $6 (remember the ones with the bikini tan lines)...I thought this was cool...Eric was more interested in getting a souvenier shirt from South Park. Eric with Mr. Hanky...

Alexis running from Mr. Hanky...

Eric with the South Park sign...