Ending 2008 on a good note!

Another year gone. I hope you closed out 2008 on a good note.

We had a wonderful family and friends vacation to Fairplay Colorado. It is about 90 miles NW of Colorado Springs. We found a great cabin there to hang out for a week after Christmas. The best thing about the cabin was we had no TV!! Unfortunately, i think my family is addicted to TV, so i wasn't sure how they would do. I think it turned out to be the best family vacation to this point because we didn't have a TV to fight over. If it where up to me I would banish the one in my living room, but I was told "that ain't gonna happen!"

So, what did we do without TV? The cabin was loaded with games, puzzles and God's playground outside. There was great snow so the kids couldn't wait to get outside each day. The big thing to do was sled, along with hiking in knee deep snow and a snowball fight between the kids and the dads, the moms decided we needed to be the photographers to capture it all in pics. (i will post later, all of them are on Doug's computer). Going with friends was great as well, all the kids got along and i have to say my kids seemed to get along better or they were more occupied with their friends and didn't realize they hadn't fought with their siblings. I did discover that my kids have too much stuff and they can find things to do with out all the modern conveniences we have provided them with at home! And true family time is not sitting around watching TV!

All in all we decided it was a great trip and the entire family enjoyed it!