Tuesday, January 1, 2013

christmas in colorado part 1

in the almost 11 years that hector and i have been together he has only been able to spend one christmas with his family. he was fortunate enough this year to be able to use his vacation time over my winter break and we though that it would be the perfect time to visit colorado and spend christmas with one of his brother's and sister's.

let me just say that flying with 3 small children is an adventure in itself... especially when in addition to all of your luggage you have 2 car seats, 1 booster seat, and 1 stroller. WHEW! hector some how went through a different security checkpoint at the gate and i was lucky enough to go through with the 3 littles and the stroller all by my lonesome. this time they even made me fold the stroller and plop it up on the conveyor belt... a little challenging while trying to hold violet. the littles were absolutely f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s through it all and even did well when we our flight was delayed for an hour and we had to change planes!
we finally arrived in denver

we spent a leisurely christmas eve afternoon at hector's brother's house. in the evening the little's sprinkled their reindeer food on the lawn, plated a few games of christmas bingo,  read "twas the night before christmas, ate pozole and tamales, and then we went on a tour of denver to see some christmas lights. 
 our reindeer food

 an afternoon nap
 their tickets for the minivan express!
 tio pasquale
 the familia
 tia and tio

 tickets please...

 ready to sprinkle the reindeer food



 primo braullio


 those are snowflakes
 our traditional reading of "the nigh before christmas"
 christmas bingo
 ready to look at the lights with our snowman glowsticks
 downtown denver




christmas at grandma and grandpa's

after church we headed over to grandma and grandpa's to celebrate christmas with them and some of our cousins. we had a blast with our snowman hats! our final stop of the day was christmas at uncle wayne's house with the rest of the harness fam... what a day.











christmas morning #1

the littles were up bright and early to open their christmas gifts before we headed off to church. they knew that santa claus would be visiting them in colorado since it wasn't really christmas yet. this year i really tried to scale down their christmas gifts and only give them each 5 presents. i didn't quite make it there but i was close.

 jax thought this was his gift too
 where to begin?
 headbanz... hmm?
 the "monwail"... i "wuv" it!
 mickey's pirate ship
 a rarity from the 2 oldest littles
 the barbie dream townhouse
 violet found a good seat



christmas eve #1

after opening our christmas eve box the littles snuggled up in front of the tree to enjoy hot cocoa, popcorn, and "the polar express" book and movie.