durango for 7 years. copper mountain for 1 year.
that time each year, our friends and family came together for a vacation that always turned out to be amazing.
we talked. we laughed. we ate. we were lazy. we hot-tubbed. we walked. we shopped.
i love the mountains... i do admit that one day, long ago, when my family first moved to new mexico, i didn't like them. i was mad because we moved away from my friends in texas so i refused to enjoy the amazing views of los alamos, the surrounding valleys and mountains.
i love snow too... to look over a field of untouched snow - there isn't much that is more peaceful than that. and eating snow ice cream - YUM!!!
i remember first learning how to ski. mom and i went to santa fe and took lessons together. i remember teaching donal how to ski... my oh my was that entertaining!! he couldn't turn right AND he'd get going so fast that he'd end up falling face first after sliding into the splits!! i'm so glad he finds this funny now!
i hope donal and i can retire in the mountains. there is just something about them that makes me feel so refreshed and relaxed.
one of our annual ski trips is where the hubs and i got married!
...our cathedral made from the rockies...
our ski trip was the one thing that we looked forward to every year. before the trip was even over, we were talking about what next year's trip would bring.
2010 didn't allow for a ski trip as donal had just graduated from the police academy.
we are hoping that a trip in 2011 will be possible...
how perfect would it be for it to snow on christmas... it sure would help to make it truly feel like christmas. because it sure doesn't now. not when its 81 degrees!! ugh - good ol' unpredictable texas weather...
oh, an update before i go - my parents are HERE!! settling into our home for now. it feels like they haven't been gone for the last 9 years!!
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