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New Year's Trip!

Since our trip to Florida for Christmas fell through, and we have decided to venture there for Spring Break, we decided that it would be a good opportunity for me to go to Colorado and enjoy some time with my family, as I won't see them until summer. We debated on all kinds of ways to get there and finally settled on a pretty inexpensive plane ticket through Priceline. We lucked out, for sure!

Needless to say, Madelynne and I had a GREAT time. She did end up getting a stomach bug that lasted a whole 12 hours, and somehow it bypassed me. But I am OK with that. She was not happy about the fact that she was throwing up, and it ended up being a cuddle-with-mom kind of day. It worked out because I was able to get some grading done and work on my PhD stuff, while she watched cartoons and dozed in and out of sleep.
Cuddle bug

Feeling better


We ventured to Buena Vista after dad and I watched Damion at Ta Kwan Do. He does a great job and is very focused on doing his absolute best.

We surprised mom---she had no idea that Damion was coming. We just told her that Damion's dad was not letting him go. The look on her face when Damion came up from behind her and hugged her, was priceless...She was so thrilled. Because mom and dad have to run a clinic, Damion, Maddy, and I spent some quality time together, playing with some of Damion's life-like bugs and creating the craziest, most imaginative games with them.

Showing Maddy R2D2

Grandma and Grandkids

Cuddling before we left to B.V.

Grandpa and Maddy

Cuddling with Grandpa

Reading to the kiddos

Grandma playing with Maddy's hair

D's bugs


We ventured out to several places during our visit. Dad and I took Damion out to shoot his BB gun, but he napped while dad and I shot a few of my dad's guns, (which I had never done before). We took a drive through the mountains and had lunch in Vail. We did some geocaching, which Damion loves. And we partied it up on New Year's Eve at a church party, where I was the DJ. Nothing like drinking a few glasses of wine, playing a few decades of music, and dancing the night away.

Like sardines in the back

Being goofy with Aunty M's camera

Showing off her belly button

Wanting to take all the balloons at the party

Maddy and Pepper

Glowsticks from New Year's

Maddy got her own, too!

Helping prepare the dip for the party

Licking the beaters

Happy New Year!

Dancing the Y.M.C.A

Ready to get down!

Tuckered out

Balloon drop

Shot the cap off that bottle. 

1st time shooting


We stayed in Buena Vista until Thursday night and then ventured back to Denver, where Maddy and I stayed a few extra days with Uncle Joe and Aunt Lindsey. Aunt Lindsey painted Maddy's fingernails and enjoyed playing with stacking cups. She sure does have a special bond with Damion, that is for sure. We are already in plans for a summer visit, and Damion is hoping for some more geocaching. Can't come soon enough!

In D's Hat

Getting her nails done

Cousins

Snoozing on the way back to Denver

Meeting the hedgehog 
Chillin' with Grandpa and Aunt Lindsey

Uncle Joe and Madelynne

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