Livin' Lokey: February 2010

Brandon and I spent last week skiing in Colorado with Brandon's father and his wife and his brother, Bryce. We left on Sunday and flew into Denver, where we met Brandon's cousin Claire and her husband for lunch at Panera. It had been about two years since we had seen them, so it was good to catch up. After lunch, we headed to Beaver Creek where we stayed for the week.

We spent two days skiing in Vail and three days skiing in Beaver Creek. We got off to a rough start. Brandon hurt his ankle on his first fall and I, who had slipped and fallen on ice a week earlier and bruised my tailbone, of course immediately fell right on it the first day. OUCH! We eventually got the hang of it and had a blast on the greens and blues. By the last day, Brandon and Bryce even tried out a few black diamonds!

Lunch at one of the lodges on top of the mountain

You may be wondering why Brandon had this monkey on his back...or why there is this picture of him. Well, Brandon and I bought him for the purpose of taking him on all of our vacations and photographing him in various places. Here he is at the bottom of the ski lift in Vail.

On Thursday, we went snowmobiling! It was the most incredible experience. Pictures just don't do it justice, it was absolutely breathtaking. We rode up to a mountain peak that was 13,000 feet high, which felt like we were standing on the moon. Just. Beautiful!