Mini family vaca!

We took a little vacation the 2nd week of December down to the Colorado Springs area. We had the absolute best time, it honestly couldn't have been any better. We got up early Saturday morning (for those of you who know Clint well, know that getting him to take off a Saturday is HUGE) and drove down to Canon City. About noon we got on the Santa Express. It's a train that travels through the Royal Gorge and goes up to the North Pole to pick up Santa. Here is Brennar and Daddy, getting ready to take off.
Brennar is looking a little concerned here because the train stopped, he didn't like that idea too much. But, luckily, it only stopped for a few minutes so Santa could get on.

And, a couple minutes later....

The big guy made an appearance! We were towards the back of the car and Brennar waited, not so patiently, for Santa to get to him. It was a LONG few minutes, since he saw him right away:)

But, thankfully, he brought presents!! Each of the kids got a jingle bell and lucky Brennar got 2 since baby sister couldn't hold hers yet:)

After we got back to the station we headed down to Colorado Springs to stay the night at the Broadmoor. Those of you from Colorado know how amazing this hotel was. I was beyond excited. I had only been there once before and it was when I was newly pregnant with Miss Brilee and didn't feel so hot, so I was looking forward to a much more enjoyable trip this time!

My little man and me at one of the many gorgeously decorated trees. I could have walked around for hours looking at all the decorations. The hotel is set perfectly at the base of the mountains and had just a little bit of snow, it was so beautiful.

I was really looking forward to taking Brennar swimming that night, so we made our way down to the pool. Clint got in with Brennar then asked me about 2 minutes later if I wanted to swim with him, so I did. Little did I know how cold the water was. Brennar's little lips were quivering, so we only let him swim for about 5 minutes before we headed back to the room.

Brennar knows how to dine in style! It is quite and adventure to take both kids out to eat anywhere, so we usually opt for take out, but here we got to order room service. Brennar thought it was great:)

He could have entertained himself all day in the room!

Daddy and Brennar outside our room by the fireplace

Me and my little man by the fire

Around 10 or so we headed to the North Pole! They have one of the many workshops Santa uses to make toys for kids right here in Colorado! It is a little theme park with a few rides and shows.

Here is the princess taking a ride on the train. It was about 55 outside, so dont think I made her be out in the bitter cold:)

Brennar thinks this is how you smile, not sure where he got it from, but anyways, he was thrilled to be riding on another train!

He also got to ride in this car all by himself. He had a blast. He thought it was so cool!

And, thank goodness, they had a fire truck ride for him also!

It was such a great weekend, we all had the best time. Even Clint agrees that this will be a yearly tradition for us now!