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Left for home...only to be greeted by a road block right outside of Winter Park..not really sure but think they were doing some blasting to control avalanches.

Didn't take this guy long to fall asleep...

This girl sure was excited to see us come home!  And we were super excited to see her too!!!!

Here's the map of Winter Park...it's amazing!

And back to our cats...our fat cats...

Great weather leads to some great sandbox work!

Jay turned 30!!

These kids are always full of surprises...

And somewhere in there Jed and I spent an evening in KC, and got to try out Top Golf!

Ski Trip, Part 2.

Jace went everywhere we went.  He wasn't afraid, and didn't every question us.  Most of the time I skied first, Jace followed my path, and Jed brought up the rear.

On our final day of skiing.....Jace made it to the top!  It was SNOWING!!!!  These pictures don't do the mountain justice.  He went up several times, but this time we literally hopped off the side of the mountain and made our own path.  To be fair, when he got down to me he said he didn't like that....but he wasn't crying!!

We couldn't slow him down long enough for a family photo!

It's always fun to stop for some hot cocoa!

This picture is trying to show how we got Jace through the flat parts.  You lose speed, and kids don't use poles so he would have no way to get through them.  Jed or I would come up behind him, and he would kind of ride between our legs as long as he could!

Still excited at the end of the day!

Waiting in line for the lift!

Ski group 2017

Angela, Jed, Ryan and Megan Grable.

Jace, Ella, Austin, and Gracie Grable.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!!!!!!!!!

SKI TRIP!! 

It was a LONG ways to Colorado...

But he was so excited when he finally saw the mountains!

 There were A LOT of kids in ski school with Jace...

While they were waiting for school to get organized, Jed walked Jace up the conveyor so he could go down a couple times.

When it was time to pick him up from ski school the instructor said he had to bump him up a class, because every time he turned around he was going up the conveyor and down the hill again by himself!

The kids had fun marking the trails they went on.

It was COLD and WINDY at the top of the mountain the first day skiing!

First ride up the ski lift after getting Jace from ski school!

Having some hot cocoa in our favorite place to stop!

This was the night we picked up our skis!  We were all excited!

Fun family times!