Day 4-6--Breckenridge,CO!

Good morning!! Our time in Colorado has been well spent and much enjoyed. We left Dillon early Monday morning to get to the town of Frisco where Eli was going to be boarded until Wednesday.



Here I am at the shopping mall in Dillon before we left:


...and where we got me some snow boots!! Hallelujah!! They are super cozy too :)


And the wonderful temp where we are going.... Yikes!!


We dropped off eli at his "dog house" and headed to our hotel: the beaver run resort (sorry I didn't take pictures of the room! It was really beautiful, but I think the view from our balcony topped it for sure). Our view:


Andrew hit up the slopes on Tuesday while I stuck around the hotel to do some much needed laundry and some finance organization from the last month. It was good down time for me.

Here's where Andrew went skiing (the best part was I could see his lift from the skyway in our hotel! It was way too cold just to slip outside for some snapshots!):


... This is the temp...


Andrew was sweet enough to take a freeze to video for me while he was on the mountain:

I missed being out there this year, but I felt closer with the video!

We also made some time to see the area. Any drive anywhere around here was gorgeous:





Our last night, Tuesday night, we made some chili in the room, built a fire and then went to explore the town!


Heres a night shot of our hotel-- beaver run resort:


The town (and yes, I am freezing!!):


I wish this shot wasn't so blurry. It's my favorite picture!!


Love this one too...


Wow!! Check out that cupcake!! So yummy looking!!


They are still in the holiday mindset here :)


Well, Wednesday came fast and now we are on our way to pick up our puppy: Eli's coming to town!!





Yey! Puppy was So ready to come home... He needs to be fattened up again... Lost a lot of weight since he's been there. They said he wouldn't eat.. Poor guy!






He is happy to be back with us again!


Gotta love the pup's passion for snow:

We wanted to hit up ONE more place in Colorado before we said goodbye...


How about beaver creek??


... And the famous ritz Carlton (this is the place my family and I would ski to and meet the chef at the bottom handing out hot oatmeal chocolate chip cookies... Mmmmm.... Good times):


Here is the inside. Beautiful!!


The view from the hearth:


Andrew and I found a funny little bear bench; he sat in it so I could get a good picture of him and the bear... However, the bear never showed up! Oh well, at least handsome did :)



Buffalo head!


Love the ceiling fixtures:


Sitting next to the hearth and warming up a bit before we travel back out to our car:


Bye-bye Ritz Carlton!! Wish you would have had those yummy marshmallow bowls with s'more ingredients ready for us! Maybe next time :)


On the road again!!


Well, that's all for today! Onwards to Salt Lake City, Utah!

Day 3: Denver, CO!

Yes, day two was quite uneventful so I will briefly share some pictures of a sunset and windmills we saw while driving (which are the only exciting landmarks we witnessed the whole time):









Gorgeous... And yes, thats all of Kansas for you!

We got to Denver real late last night and checked into a Hampton inn (which served an incredible breakfast for us, especially since I have been craving donuts and waffles for a week now!). It was good just to get some down time to worship and talk to the Lord. He has really been on the move in our hearts since last night-- it's been answered prayer-- so this morning was much anticipated and enjoyed. He has answered so much prayer so far... And we are only on day 3!!!

We also woke up to a considerable amount of snowfall, which eli just LOVED!



He wore himself put chasing pinecones andrew threw for him and rolling in the snow!

One of the main reasons we came to Denver was to pick up some rims Andrew found on Craigslist for our snow tires. Well, we experienced more kindness from the Lord when the sweet man not only went to the trouble to unmount his old tires from the rims, but he also had it on his heart to give them to us free... I was so humbled and blessed! Sweet Andrew tried to give him some form of payment, but he insisted on giving them to us as a gift. A gift....We are truly grateful and cannot thank him enough for his generosity and kindness! Glory to God for the things He does for very underserving children!

He also wisely advised us to not stay too long in Denver if we were going to get into Breckenridge without ice and snow dangers (another prayer request!!) Apparently, the weather won't be letting up any time soon from here on out so we cancelled our second night at the hampton, packed up and hit up Panera until we got the call that our new tires were mounted and ready on our new rims... It was nice to rest and enjoy the fire for a while on this blustery day!



Snow snow snow!!!


And actually, Panera was just the beginning of our snow witnessing! When we went to go pick up the tires, it was just ruthless snow fall!!

We were going really slow at first because of the icy roads...


...but they got better as the drive went on.


Here is when we actually got the true Colorado view:

















God is so good! What a beautiful picturesque moment we got to experience :)

We didn't do much of anything once we got to the hotel: watched one episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska and then went to Sports Authority in search for better gear (we have leaky snow boots and very small jackets!).

For dinner, Andrew took me to an old favorite of his: the Dam brewery!


It was a really nice atmosphere to just relax and dine.





This picture is for someone in my life that loved to use this word in every sentence he could when we crossed over the dam-- that person knows who he is ;) ha!


And answered prayer: Eli is doing better!


He actually settled down enough to eat his food, both this mooring and tonight. Praise God!!


And thanks for the black bear, mama! Eli has been a bit calmer with his blankie and bear around... Now we need to get him a ball! Ha!




Well blessings until tomorrow!!! Day 4.... Breckenridge!