Breckenridge, take two

Bryan and I ventured back to Colorado for our annual trip to Breckenridge over the Martin Luther King holiday.  Of course the usual suspects were there: Emily, Josh, Randy, and Alex who was with us over NYE.  This trip the Californians flew in: Amanda, Joe, Jason, Rainbow, and Garrett.  So, there were 11 people crammed into our condo, but I think we could have easily fit more, maybe it'll be tested next year!  Bryan, the accommodater, was rather stressed most of the time during this trip since he really wanted to make sure his family had a good time for many reasons: 1st time in Colorado, he was afraid of how Emily and I were going to act (apparently we need to be told how to act before we go anywhere so we don't embarrass him), and the list could go on and on...once he realized he didn't need to try so hard he started having a good time too.  This time the weather was better than it was during our trip in December but it was still pretty chilly.  Along with skiing we had countless Kinect tournaments.  If you haven't played Kinect it's basically like the Wii, but it's for Xbox 360 and involves way more exertion than the Wii. The last night we had a tournament between Team Cali and Team Kansas.  Team Kansas Prevailed!  For some reason I cannot get videos to upload on here, once I figure that out I'll post some of us in action.  It seems the only game our group can play without getting into fights is Kinect....maybe because we actually got to 'fight' each other when we did the boxing event :) . We also made our normal dinner outing to Downstairs at Eric's for some good food and beer and then headed back to the condo for more games.  But, before we went back I bought another pair of goggles! This happened for two reasons: too much beer and because Bryan hid my pair for sunny conditions under his bed which we found when we got home.

                                                                 Bryan getting some air!

                 Pizza from Downstairs at Eric's...yumm, I'm having a huge craving for this right now!

The Skittles

  Team Kansas - The Winners!

Team California plus the lost boy Bryan....

 Kinect boxing....I kicked ass, of course :)

Bryan and the gangsta trying to box...

We'll see you all back next year!

New Years Eve, Breckenridge style

To get away from dreary Kansas we went to the bitterly cold Breckenridge, CO....and when I say bitterly cold that is not an exaggeration at all, with wind chill it got down to -40! Burrr! Bryan, Ashley, Alex, Mike, Mom, and I all make the trip out there.  Needless to say we spent most of the time in the condo until the weather was decent enough to go skiing.  Although it was bitterly cold on Friday we did attempt to ski, I lasted two runs before my goggles had fogged over and then froze over, basically it was miserable.  Bryan and Alex lasted a little longer, but then Alex dropped his glove off the lift and that was the end of his day to say the least...even a drink didn't cheer that boy up! :) 
Since we were in the condo most of the time there we watched all the football games and played many many games of Catch Phrase.  Most of the time the women were the victors but a couple times the boys managed to pull out a win.  Not with the help of Bryan though.  For example his phrase was "Truck Load", you would think that would be easy enough to get your teammates to guess, but for Bryan it is always an adventure especially when he starts out saying "Alex! You have a poopy in your pants, A POOPY IN YOUR PANTS!!!" I don't think there was a dry eye in that room from us laughing at him so hard along with his "Boogie Woggie" phrase in which he preceded to boggie dance.  And, the best comment he made to my Mom was, "Debbie I swear I'll be smart from now on!"   He claims though that he does these things on purpose to waste time so that the next person is out of time....Good idea, but it rarely works for him. :)
For New Years Eve we enjoyed a Vintage 2000 bottle of Dom Perignon.  It was delicious and I don't really like champagne.  We finally got to see Sunday, although it was still cold it was bearable.  Bryan somehow managed to get a gash on the top of his new board, which did not make either of us too happy, but once we got back to KC he was able to take it back to Sitzmark and they are getting him a new board.
We are again heading to Breckenridge tomorrow morning for our annual MLK trip, this time we are being joined by: Emily, Josh, Alex, Randy, Amanda, Joey, Garrett, Jason, and Rainbow. 

Christmas in LaLa Land

This Christmas Bryan and I ventured to Encino, CA to spend some time with his family and go to their annual Christmas Eve Bash at his Uncle Joe and Susie's.  Everyone was there and all had a lot of fun, food, and drinks.  It was a short trip for me, but I got to see everyone that I had not seen about four or five years.  Bryan and I are finally going to plan our holidays a little better so we are able to see both our families over the holiday time. Before I left on my red-eye flight we stopped back by his cousin's house and played a game of Cranium....We did not win, but we still had a good time....we hate losing :) Below are some pictures that others took that weekend, I for some reason only took three pictures, I know that's very unlike me.