Our Estes Park Christmas Celebration #1

Something new for our family this year - celebrating Christmas at the YMCA in Estes Park instead of our homes!  And it was AMAZING!!!

Jessi and Gary have been to the Y twice and had always talked about how much fun it was and how much there is to do!  Glenn and I had been there and rented a cabin on New Year's Eve with Cindy and Rene' many years ago but we didn't do any of the activities! 

So after a lot of discussion, we decided to rent two 3 bedroom cabins and celebrate Christmas!  And this past weekend that's exactly what we did!!  Glenn and I headed up mid-morning for our 3 1/2 hour drive - it's beautiful up that way and we arrived just after Gary and Jessi who had checked us in!  The Keppys and us were sharing a cabin and right beside us were the Smiths and the Savages!

 The cabins were great - full kitchen and a nice living room with a wood fireplace - and this is who greeted us when we walked in the door!  She's always excited to see her Nana and Papa!!

 Jill's arrived shortly after us so we helped them unpack and soon were all settled - then it was time to head to the roller skating rink!!  Now if these pics look a little fuzzy, that's because they ARE!!  I took several but as everyone was whizzing by, the camera just couldn't focus!!  I decided NOT to roller skate but Glenn decided to and he did great except for one scary fall!

 Gary, Evan and Kenzie are masters at skating - the rest, not so much!  But hey, they tried and gave it their best shot!!

 Jill even got Robby out to skate!!

 The Smiths arrived early evening - Jessi and I were in charge of dinner that night - soup, rolls and pumpkin bread!  We had a long table at our cabin and since we had brought a couple of folding chairs, there was room for the adults at the table with the kids sitting around the coffee table!

 We celebrated Kenzie's 8th birthday!  She was excited to get a locking diary from us along with her money to buy books and a coupon for a movie!

 And her choice of dessert - oreo fluff!  It was great!

 In the meantime, the kids opened their packages from their parents that held their matching pj's (all except Rayna).  The pajamas were cute as can be but the pants were huge!!  We all got a good laugh out of that!  Here's the boys!  (note our little Christmas tree in the corner!!)

 And here's the girls!

We had a fun time just visiting and hanging out together!    But we all hit the sack pretty early that night hoping to get a good nights' rest!