Grandma Meets Molly

We were so excited for Molly to meet her Grandma, after whom she is named! Kathy was beaming from ear to ear when we saw her at the airport when Molly was 12 days old....12 days too long for her! We just took a moment in the airport so that she could hold her and stare at her. 

After getting out of the airport, we had a great week of baby snuggles, playing with the big kids, and adventuring around Glenwood and Eagle County together. 

Grandma's Favorite - Walking in the Canyon

Love this picture of Grandma with all of her babies! 

Molly's First Trip to Glenwood Canyon with a Proud Grandma

Ice Cream Stop in Vail Village

The Kleekamp Family Baptismal Gown 

Picnics in the Yard

Macy sporting her new Frozen dress....thank you Brenda!!!!

A Hike in Glenwood

Molly on a quilt made by Great Grandma Kleekamp

Another beautiful afghan that was given to Molly by Grandma's friend. 

Time with Daddy

Yep, this happened today :)

Welcome to Dirt Angels! 

Sylvan Lake Cabin Trip

Over our mid-winter break from school, we took advantage of time off with daddy and rented a cabin at Sylvan Lake for a night. It was a great break from the norm and the kids really enjoyed it! 

The Cabin

Ours had one large room. 

Daniel and his girls (along with their aunt) came along and they rented one with a separate sleeping room, but making the eating space a little smaller. Both worked great for each family. 

Sledding 

Playing on the Frozen Sylvan Lake 

Another group had shoveled off the ice (for an appeared ice skating rink) so we enjoyed playing on it! 

Nordic Skiing on the Lake 

The whole trip was awesome...except my wipe out! I feel trying to help Macklin with his skis and hit my lower back pretty darn hard. The damage is kinda unknown at this point, but I am for sure not doing anything active until further notice. I still skied with Mack for the rest of the afternoon, but I am still in quite a bit of pain at times. Boo to injuries. 

Finding a Snow Cave! 

Cabin Play Time 

 

Nice Weather in February

60 degree days in February....What should we do???

Explore Glenwood Canyon near Hanging Lake

(We went kinda late and missed the sun, hence the jackets still.)

Go to the skatepark! 

Play with Baxter in the yard! 

Take a hike with friends in the Canyon near Grizzly Creek! 

Eat Popsicles! 

January Happenings

What have the Brandts been up to this month? 

Sledding behind Costco - Baxter is not the best sledding partner! 

Justin took Macklin up for a full afternoon of skiing last week! He did awesome! They went all the way to the top of Beaver Creek. Then they completed two loops on the Drink of Water lift and skied all the way down. Macklin did a great job and Justin survived on a snowboard sticking close by (we wondered how the snowboard/ski combo would be). I think there will be more "Man Time on the Mountain" for these two. 

I finally grew something! I am really great at killing plants (hence the barely growing bamboo plant on the right). But the Paper Whites from Grandma were awesome! Since this picture, they have bloomed and look beautiful! 

Macklin loves his play time! He would choose to play with toys each day unless I peeled him out of the house to go do things! 

Yummy brownies and ice cream thanks to my sweet friend Emily! 

Picnics outside! We have had a few sunny and 45+ degree days! It feels like spring time! 

We have also been prepping for baby 3. We were given a white crib from a friend to fit our new decor. The crib, along with our dresser (still pending a finish), is making our room feel more like a dorm room. So we still have some work to do. Might try to move the dress into the closet. Then onto the wall decor and accents. We also changed out the fan for a standard ceiling mount light, which does open the room up quite nicely. It's a work in progress.