112 images 2 &3. The entire cabin was rechinked inside 4&5. 6 & 7. Lunch on the deck after cleanup 8. Back in Denver December 19-23. Making jam and jelly 9. 10. December 23-27 in the mountains. Summary: Eat, sleep, sled, ski, play games, read.... repeat. The weather was crystal clear, and there was just enough snow for good sledding and skiing. Here we are at the cottage with Em, Michael, and Thalia. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. view from cottage 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. pygmy nuthatch 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. arriving at the cabin 31. electrical engineer in hard hat 32. 34. December 24 - The Liptzens arrive, and cousins connect 35. lunch 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. Cora actually sledded alone a half dozen times 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. fifth night of Hanukkah 49. Christmas morning - sorting presents 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. cousins 60. 61. 62. Tebow on the bronco 63. 64. whoopee cushion 65. beautiful sweater knitted by Ellen Hoffman 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. princess castle 74. 75. 76. Pit 77. after skiing Joan's loop 78. Zen magnets 79. Any six-year old's best presents 80. 81. zen magnets 82. 83. Debbie and Ben arrive with a spectacular gingerbread train 84. 85. Em, Clara, Joan, Anna, Sharon 86. Ben, Debbie, Ben's dad Tom 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. The gingerbread train was plundered (compare with #84) 92. bye bye Swartzes, and thanks for coming! 93. 94. 95. Dinner preparation... 95a. Christmas dinner 96. the book is called "Calculus for Infants" 97. 98. 99. 100. December 26: Michael and Em head out for an early ski 101. Pit returns 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. Lunch with Laurie and Melanie 108a. Laurie and Melanie describe their first hand experiences with Occupy Denver 109. more presents 110. Laure and Melanie 111. 112. spy night goggles |