Walton Christmas–Ice Skating, Garden of the Gods and New Years

We started the day with a game of 7 Wonders with Chris and Amy.  We had always meant to play, but Splendor and Dominion took up most of the gaming time and we finally squeezed it in just before they started the drive back to Indianapolis.  Sad to have people leaving.  We love those Silvas!

A group of us headed downtown to go ice skating.  My kids were excited.  We were totally out of practice but it was fun.

On the way home from ice skating we drove through Garden of the Gods and stopped for a quick walk.  It was FREEZING so we didn’t last long.  A few pictures and we were on our way to Pei Wei for a late lunch.  Such a pretty place, even in the middle of winter.

After Pei Wei for lunch, we headed home for games.  We set up a big snack spread for New Year’s Eve and then played  Upset the Fruit Basket, Dr. Mario, Pool, had Martinelli’s at midnight and then talked until 2:00.  Fun night.

The next morning Scott and Elisha and family drove back to Utah and Dan, Sarah, Grandpa, Grandma, Brian, Katie and I headed to Park Meadows Mall to go shopping.  Chris brought Dan and Sarah’s kids up to the airport and we dropped everyone off at the airport and Chris met us there with Dan’s kids.  At that point it was a big snowstorm, the temperature was 14 degrees and the roads were icy.  It took a while to get home. Everyone’s flights were delayed and then ended up spending extra hours in Denver airport.  We had such cold snowy weather! 

It was so fun to spend the holidays together.  Love my family!!