Today was ice skating and downhill tubing at the Gaylord. And after a delightful meal from the Old Hickory Steakhouse, it was time to decorate cookies and gingerbread houses. All the photos are here.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
Day 284
After some last minute wrapping and prepping for house painting on the Foster side, we headed to the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center for a few days of pure Christmas fun. All the photos are here. First day included Build a Bear, a scavenger hunt, stickers and all, with a gingerbread house kit at the end the journey. And a walk through "I Love Christmas Movies" where you find yourself in movie set after movie set that you know and love.
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| First meal "out" with ALL of us in a long time. Red Robin in Castle Rock. |
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| Build a Bear for all! |
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| Exactly how many in this family?! |
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| Last minute wrapping before we left home. |
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| "I Love Christmas Movies" was a blast! "Bye Buddy, hope you find your Dad." |
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| Polar Express coach. |
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| AJ plugs in the Griswold Christmas lights! |
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| The lobby! |
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Day 283
TimberCreek Church had service in person today! And Tracy (and Nana and Fina) had all kinds of stuff for TimberCreek Kids. AJ and the twins went Christmas shopping today; their gifts to others are now under the tree in red-and-black plaid wrapping paper. Matt whipped up a great steak and smashed potatoes dinner with which we enjoyed (really enjoyed!) a Daou Cabernet Franc that Trevor and Jen sent us. Wow! It's very nice to have Daou members in the family.
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| Gifts from Matteo/Lexi in blue, from AJ/twins in red/black. |
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| Neighbor gifts |
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Friday, December 18, 2020
Day 281
The Fosters headed out of Beaver Creek fairly early as weather threatened and Jamie needed to be back for "Horse Time" at 4pm (it was a 5-hour drive out to Beaver Creek a couple days earlier). It was a white-knuckler again, snowy, slushy all the way, very busy chain-up areas, but fortunately no 2-hour delay at Idaho Springs. The only stop was for coffee at Bread+Salt, a favorite little place in Frisco (exit for Breckenridge). Oh, we also stopped at the quilter's house in Monument to pick up a quilted Christmas quilt... It was party time at Flying Horse Foundation after bringing in the minis (3 horses, 2 donkeys) for their dinner. And they played Elf on the wall during card-making and cookie-decorating! Matt and Jamie attended Matteo's band concert at ECA right after horses. Interestingly, the concert was held in the same sanctuary where all of Jamie's It's a Wonderful Life rehearsals and filming took place.
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| Hot chocolate bombs by Fina. They're stuffed with hot chocolate makings, just drop in hot water. |
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| A little decoration at Flying Horse Foundation. |
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| Matteo's Christmas Concert at ECA |
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| Sand Tart creation continues... |
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Day 280
Nana and Papa enjoyed the entire day roaming around Beaver Creek. And eating! They had a very unique experience at Hooked, a seafood place right in the midst of the main shops and restaurants area. We shared a whole kinmedai which was prepared in about 4 different raw ways and 3 hot ways. The versions came out one at a time, Really fun. And very good. The fish melted in your mouth, raw or cooked. We also tried their Crimpster creation which was also very tasty, reminiscent of turducken, CRab in shrIMP in lobSTER. All the photos are here.
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| Inside the Georgia O'Keeffe cookbook |
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| Kinmedai |
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