January in Colorado

We headed out to Colorado the first weekend in January for a little "Christmas break" trip.

It was a lot of fun visiting my dad and we are really enjoying their home north of Denver.  It is nice to see some new scenery after a while and they have a great set-up for the kids. 

 

We visited the Denver Aquarium.  Wow--they have a lot of cool stuff there!

Amelia & Caroline rode in a stroller we rented and really all it did was give them a good opportunity to have each other in arm's reach to pull hair, bite fingers, take shoes & socks off. 

Chloe loved the mermaids!

It was pretty neat seeing them swim with all the animals. 

Chloe got her face painted!

It was so pretty with pink, yellow, black, and SPARKLES!

She said her black eyebrows made her look "bossy".

Sunday we drove to Estes Park.  Only about 40 minutes from dad and what a nice drive. 

We ate lunch at the historic Stanley Hotel.  Although it is known for "The Shining" we know it a little better as the hotel and bar from Dumb and Dumber.  It was fun seeing the bar and the staircase they raced up towards the end.  Funny stuff!  A really neat building though. 

From Estes Park we drove a little further to Rocky Mountain National Park to go sledding.

So much fun!  We had all of our gear and we were ready to go. 

 

There was no abundance of snow but it was just fine for the age of our kids. 

 

Caroline and Granddad!

They were buddies for the day. 

 And last we hit the ice-skating rink in Estes Park on our way back down the mountain.

 

Super fun family trip!