Christmas Pictures 06

After our flight to Denver, CO was cancelled, the Corn family graciously rescheduled their Christmas with us and came up BEFORE we left for Colorado!

Mom & Dad got us a mini-dvd handycam...hopefully I'll get videos up here soon. It came in handy with all our adventures in Colorado!

Our flight on Wed (12/20) was rescheduled to Sat (12/23) Denver was in such dire straights that the Red Cross came in and set up cots for people to sleep on and brought food after all the airport food vendors were sold out! We're glad we didn't get stuck in that mess. Instead we flew from Indy ---> Chicago ---> Dallas ----> Colorado Springs! Yikes! We had the happy coincidence of running into friends, Mike & Rachel, from church at the Indy airport. We had a layover together in Chicago and shared lunch before heading our separate ways! Small world! ;)

Ryan made his family's traditional spaghetti & meatballs for us all on Christmas Eve before we attended the Christmas Eve services at the Nagel's church.

Looks like Todd found something to snack on while Ryan works on dinner ;)
This awesome pine tree came from the Nagel's wooded lot.

Sophia LOVES to be a princess (her sister does too as a matter of fact)



Nana & grandad help roll dough for cutting sugar cookies. (High altitude baking is tricky)

Uncle Ryan is a HUGE hit with the kids-Sophia (5), Benjamin (4) and Amanda (7).

Nana & Grandad refurbished Nana's childhood dollhouse for the girls to play with. They were rather shocked to find the boys pirate action figures attacking them (per Ryan's prompting) ;)

Truly amazing...these puppy dogs actually give WET KISSES! ;)

Jennifer got a plaque from me saying "Hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt"....Benjamin later earned the right to pose with the sign! :0


Even Cricket (the dog) had a good Christmas with candy cane shaped bones to bury!

On Christmas day we went hiking in Red Rock Canyon...just down the road from the Nagel's home in Manitou Springs, CO.

Ryan and I snowboarded while my Dad and Jonathan (9) were on the double planks at Monarch Mountain on 12/27...we got home just in time for the second blizzard in a week! We were then snowed in for 2 days. Fortunately the porch can serve as an additional refrigerator when there are several feet of snow!

Ryan didn't LOVE snowboarding and has decided next time he's gonna ski.

Mom & Dad have to leave a day early to get out of Colorado before they closed the roads out (which they did right after their "escape")