Vail, CO

We are back from our first real family vacation. With Harper we have only been down to the coast, Henderson or to Houston for a night or two. So this past week we flew to CO for Kirsten and Jeremy's wedding and stayed a few extra days to spend some time together. Overall I think it went really great. Traveling with kids is a whole new experience but we had a great time and it is so beautiful right now in CO. First was all the packing . Who knew you needed so much stuff to travel with a child. I think it took me a whole day to pack everything we needed to take. Lots of weighing of luggage too. :) We left Wednesday morning early and headed to the airport.






The airport to me was the most stressful part of the trip. Harper is at the age where she wants to be down running so it was hard to keep her contained. Once we were on the plane , she did great. No crying or screaming! Just lots of snacking and games we brought and even a little nap.






Two hours later we arrived in Denver , unloaded and headed to the rental car place. We then had a two hour drive to Vail. The weather was so amazing. It has been so hot here in Dallas that it was wonderful to have a break from the heat. The high was about 60 and lows 37-40. We even had a little rain a few days and we loved that. The first night was a little hard with Harper getting use to the time change and the new place but the rest of the trip she slept good. We rented a condo with plenty of room to play and I think it was perfect. It had a kitchen and a laundry room.




On Thursday mom and I went to a bridal luncheon for Kirsten




and then took Harper to a painting class .









Then we had dinner rehearsal while mom watched Harper. On Friday I was gone most of the day getting ready for the wedding, with hair and pictures. That night the wedding was beautiful and we all spent the night dancing and eating good food.








Then on Saturday and Sunday we spent some family time together. Saturday was perfect weather and we headed out early and went to the Gondola and rode to the top of the mountain.







We took Harper to the nature's building and learned about the animals in the area. Then we went digging for dinosaurs and had a good lunch at the top of the mountain. Then we spent some time at Octoberfest and did some shopping.





Later that night we met Kirsten and some friends at dinner .



On Sunday we had breakfast at a French Bakery and then went to Vail village to Farmer's Market and Car show.






Vail Village is so beautiful. After shopping for a while we headed back over to Octoberfest for the polish dancers and Brats eating contest.




Then Sunday afternoon we decided to drive over to Beaver Creek and check the ski spot out. When Harper turns 3 I want her to have her first ski lesson. I have always heard that Beaver creek is a very family oriented ski spot so we drove over to check it out. I loved it, and while we were there we had a charachature done of Harper. We spent our last night at the condo playing Yahtzee and watching the Cowboys play together as a family. I was sad to see the week come to an end. Family time is so rare these days that I always enjoy it so much. On Monday we headed home and Harper did wonderful again on the plane . She slept the whole way home on the plane.





So now we are just getting back into the groove of being home. Brad is back busy at work and Harper and I have been cleaning and unpacking. We loved our trip to Vail. I highly recommend CO in the summer. I have always traveled there only in the winter and now we will definitely go back in the summer. Just wanted to post some pictures from the week .