Vail 2015

We spent NYE with good friends and discussed a possible ski trip in February.  Well all the stars aligned and we made it happen! Woohoo!  Our friend's sister is working and living in Vail for the season and offered up her place for us to stay, combine that with airline points and available grandparents for babysitting and we were off!

 We headed out thursday only to find out our flight had been cancelled and we wouldn't be on another one until that evening, so Brian and I decided to start our vacation with a stroll around Santa Monica.

After our late flight, lay over in phoenix and car rental we ended up arriving in Denver around 2:30am.  Thankfully we have cousins in Denver and were able to crash at their place before driving up to the mountains in the morning. 

We arrived in Vail in the next day in time for lunch and wandered the village until we met up with our friends.

We just barely beat the snow and it was so fun and magical.

Catching snow flakes:

Not a great picture but I tried to capture the awesome snow fall.

I went to this coffee shop at least three times.  Cold weather means I NEED a warm beverage to carry with me, and this place even used almond milk. 

Just freezing:

  

The first night we went to dinner and then to a fun little bar with live music.

 Nothing makes you feel like you're in college again quite like jager shots.  (The bar was giving them out, notice each of the hubbies is holding two because Alexis and I chose to pass!)

Next morning after the snow fall:

The next day we hit the slopes.  The snow was coming down hard but it didn't stop us.  It actually wasn't horribly cold and the conditions were great!

Snow selfie:

We ended up taking longer to get down for lunch than we thought and by the time we did Alexis and I were tired and freezing.  After lunch the boys went back for a few hours while the girls headed into the village for drinks:

The boys finished up and met us for dinner and we walked around again until we were all too tired to move (which was around 7:30) 

Day two of skiing, the conditions were amazing and less snow was pelting us in the face. We broke for lunch at the perfect time so we were warmed up and rested for the afternoon. 

Back story, Brian and Beau went to the top of one area the day before and took a wrong turn and ended up spending a good amount of time in the trees.  The next day they wanted to show us the top and somehow we took the same wrong turn and ended up in the trees.  Alexis and I are not through the trees skiers.  We are both pretty cautious, needless to say we took our skis off and went down the rest of the way on our butts.  Shout out to Beau who captured it on film.  LOL.  And shout out to Brian who skied down through the trees carrying extra equipment.

Skiing with my honey:

All this guy wanted was some chili in a bread bowl and we found it on day two.  Day made.

Alexis and me on the lift.  It could really be any two random people given how we are dressed.

We took a break around 3 at the Ritz for bloody Mary's by the fire.  Amazing.

 Two hours and two bloody mary's later we skied back to the condo and called it a day.  

On our way out of town we were able to stop and visit with cousins.   It was an amazing weekend.  I am so grateful for the times Brian and I get to get away together and for the friendship with have with the Daniels family!  We are already planning our ski trip for next year ; )