Christmas Eve 2017

Beautiful inversion to start the Christmas Eve Day! 

there was the coolest step in the clouds - do you see it???

love skiing with this clan! 

Ellie

skate skied out of the inversion and saw the lake! 

Mrs. Clause with Ellie and Claire!

getting ready for the balloon parade!

it is always chaos when the parade starts - ellie tried to cut across to get right behind santa again! she cracks me up. 

how cool is that reflection??

 the kids and bill love the post skiing sauna!  

so great having my mom around to help with the cooking!!!

another delicious beef tenderloin christmas eve dinner! 

ellie! 

tom and jennie. the kids asked them no less than 25 times if they were getting married. ha!

think the kids are excited to open presents???? 

Christmas week festivities...

Kids and I drove up Friday midday to meet Nana & G Pops and Jennie and Tom who were driving in from Montana to spend Christmas with us. 

Kids had fun playing outside waiting!

All ready!  

Ellie hanging out on Little Blue Run! So thrilled for a blue bird day! 

Jennie!

I will never tire of the bright blue sky and the white snow ghost trees!

Claire having a melt down

Me and Ellie! 

Tom, Me, Ellie, Bill, G Pops, Charlie, Nana

Despite having torn her ACL a week prior - my super mom - skied! 

with their downtown - Ellie and Claire found a new way to entertain themselves. It is amazing we made it through the week without any stitches. 

Uncle Tom trying to do pushups with some extra weight. 

Another gorgeous day! 

 on to Christmas Eve...

Nutcracker and other Christmas celebrations

Bill took the girls to the Nutcracker. They LOVED it. Ellie loved wearing her new high heels! 

the girls were inspired to work on their splits after the nutcracker. ha!

My friend - Jenny - built this desk. I needed something for my computer in the piano room and it is just what I wanted! 

love this little girl ellie drew for me. after I mentioned how from is spelled she had to instantly erase it. i love little things like that, but she doesn't!

during break - charlie was with his buddy and the girls got to do gingerbread houses alone! I am really letting loose. ha

they inhaled more frosting than they put on the house. 

the girls also watched white christmas and loved it! 

While facetiming with Auntie Margit and Uncle Pete -the kids were able to open the gifts from them. The girls got a doll head to style and a pedi spa. 

they were in heaven! 

i love that they shared with charlie and each got a foot in! Charlie got a cool building set - he went to work on it instantly! 

our beloved Stoddard family hosted a Christmas party and did a live nativity with the kids. It was a hit! 

Ellie as Mary

Claire as an Angel

Charlie as King Herod

The kids had the week before Christmas off and it was great. Friday we headed up to the Mountain to start our Christmas week festivities!