We started our celebrations this year on Christmas Eve at our friend Henry's house. We had a great time eating and drinking the night away with some new and old friends. We experienced drinking wine from a porron. As you might expect, there was some entertaining spillage.
On Christmas morning, we went over to Christine's brother's place. It was less chaotic than you'd expect a house with 5 year old twins to be. We gave them some gifts, helped the girls put together a puzzle and headed out to Golden for dinner with more family. Christine's dad's neighborhood has some walking trails that were covered in snow. We took the opportunity to put on the skis and go get some exercise before indulging in the holiday prime rib. We weren't breaking any vertical feet records, but it was nice to get out in the snow. Kuzca came too and had a great time running herself ragged. Christmas night culminated with an all-out Nerf gun fight. I can't believe how much better Nerf weaponry has gotten.
We had planned on backcountry skiing Saturday, but we killed that idea when we saw reports of high winds and cold temperatures. Instead, we got up early so we could watch a cyclocross race on the internet while we rode our trainers. That was a fun way to ride. Until the video stream got really choppy, and it essentially became unwatchable. Having our workout out of the way early was great because we were able to run some errands and then hook up with some cycling teammates for some beer tasting at New Belgium and Odells.
The real action came later in the evening when Canadian sailor extraordinaires and soon-to-be vagabonds, Livia and Carol, came over for a visit. Thanks to a suggestion from Owen, we had a real American evening and all went out bowling. That could have possibly been the poorest display of bowling skills in history. Out of 6 of us, I don't think anyone got even close to hitting 100. It might have something to do with bowling skills like Livia's:
After a long night of bowling recovery, we hit up some snowshoeing on Sunday. For the trail we were on, the snoeshoes weren't exactly necessary, but it was fun to tromp around in the snow regardless. Livia and Carol constructed their annual snowman, which I think they named either Comanche or Colorado or Comanche-Colorado or something like that. It was so much fun to hang with our friends from the north again.
We had a lot of fun this year, but we couldn't help but reminisce about how we spent Christmas last year. We enjoyed it so much, that we're going to do it again - Christmas 2010 in Belgium. There will be lots of wandering around to small towns, beer, frites, and other Belgian lovelies. Care to join us? I already can't wait.
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