Red River- professional photos

This year, Mom and Dad decided to utilize one of the professional photographers at the ski area so they could have some good quality pictures to use in their "Happy New Year" cards.  The pictures did turn out really good and there were also some cute ones from the girls in ski school and of us tubing that we were able to purchase.

The Bedicheks- Red River Christmas 2014

Christmas in Red River- Part 2

On Christmas Eve we treated everyone to dinner at a local restaurant to celebrate my parents' anniversary.  When we got back to the condo, the kids put on their PJ's and we roasted s'mores in the fireplace and sprinkled reindeer food on the lawn.
On Christmas morning it was snowing, which was a perfect setting for opening presents and enjoying a relaxing day with the family.  Santa brought the kids each one gift and filled their stockings, and then left a note saying they would each have one more present awaiting them when we arrived home. Some of the things Kendall received were: Isabelle (American Girl Doll), Sew Cool sewing machine, a unicorn Stuffie, things to play school with, a Color-Me Lalaloopsy, the movie Mirror Mirror, and a Digibird.  Some of the things Avery received were:  Isabelle (American Girl Doll), iHome color changing alarm clock, Dragon Stuffie, the movie Sandlot, white board and markers, and a Digibird.  And Judson received:  Imaginext Batcave, Lion Stuffie, Digibird, Paw Patrol Lookout tower, a Scooby Doo movie, Ninja Turtles, and a Digibird.  While we were opening presents we noticed several deer walking through the parking lot of the condos.  The kids got all bundled up and Scott took them outside to see the deer up close.  They ended up getting to feed them by hand!  What an amazing bonus gift for my three city kids! We spent the rest of the day playing with the new toys, relaxing, and making a delicious Christmas dinner.  It was all that a Christmas in the mountains should be!

Kendall and Avery 

Judson

My hubby and I

The whole crew at 

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Judson and his Aunt Amy

The kids remembered doing this silly thing with their pants last time we spent Christmas in Red River and wanted to do it again

beautiful snow on Christmas morning

Avery and Kendall opening presents.  Avery has her iHome clock here, which glows, changes colors, and has blue tooth technology to play music wirelessly from her iPod

Kendall with her Color-Me Lalaloopsy

Mimi and Poppi got both girls Isabelle, the American Girl of the Year

Avery with Isabelle and her Dragon Stuffie

Judson digging everything out of his stocking

he loved his new Batcave

a shot of the deer from our condo window

Hello there!

The kids were so excited that they got so close to the deer

I think he was saying something like, "Whoa, Cool!" here about his Paw Patrol Lookout Tower

Kendall with Isabelle, her unicorn Beanie Boo, her unicorn Stuffie, and her Digibird

Avery and Kendall took the pledges in the books that came with their Stuffies

Christmas in Red River- part I

This year was Christmas with my family and we spent it in Red River, NM.  We stayed in a ski-in ski-out condo right by the slopes which had plenty of room for everybody and was very convenient of course.  We had a great time skiing, tubing, playing games at night, and just enjoying being together as a family.  Amy brought a wooden ornament decorating kit and so the kids (and Mimi and Amy) had fun decorating those to put on our Christmas tree.  Judson's version of decorating was mostly telling Aunt Amy how to color the ornaments:)  He really likes her a lot and even got her to play hide and seek with him a few times.  The girls both did a couple days of ski school and then also skied with Scott and I some.  Kendall made it to the next to last level of ski school and was able to ride up the lift with us and ski down the green under the lift without falling.  Avery went all the way to the top with Scott and I one afternoon and skied down on greens and blues.  It was so much fun to see how much she had improved and be able to ski together.  We were really proud of both the girls.  Judson was too young for ski school, but he did a couple of private lessons.  He enjoyed it and it was a good introduction to skiing for him.  We also did the tubing again this year.  Even Mimi joined in the fun! We took turns going together on the tubes- kids with parents or Mimi, kids together, and Scott and I even went down together once! A second post will follow with pictures from Christmas Eve, Christmas morning, and Santa gifts once we returned to Ft Worth.

Aunt Amy and Uncle Chris.  Judson has an action figure that looks a lot like Chris in his ski gear, so he calls it Ninja Chris, and he calls the Poison Ivy figure, who has red hair, Amy:)

Mimi, Judson, and Amy working on the wooden ornaments.

Playing Headbands

Waiting in line for the tubing

Mimi and Judson tubing

Whee!

More ornament decorating

We had to try out some of Mimi's clever ideas for snow pictures

Ready to hit the slopes!

Judson in one of his private lessons

He enjoyed skiing like everybody else

What a heartbreaker!

Using his hands for balance (no poles for kids)

my cutie-pie skier

Kendall (in purple) during ski school

Avery (pink coat and cheetah hat) with her ski school class headed to get on the lift

Avery skiing down under the gold lift with her class

Good snow plow Avery!

Avery and class headed to the lift again

Cutest skiers I ever saw!

Scott and Avery as w skied down blues and greens from the top of the mountain

Kendall on the magic carpet

Getting some instructions from her coach