February

Since we were pretty busy in Feb, we forgot to update this.  Here's a recap of a fun month.

After getting back from Africa, the month went by in a blur.  We were able to get a lot of skiing in, mostly at Keystone.  We found it's a little closer and not as crowded as Breckenridge.  Matt and Ryan got a good powder day in on President's Day, and even took a snowcat to the back bowls and got to get some great skiing in there. 

The next weekend our friends from Chicago, Gil and Leigh Anne, came to town.  They had a day on their own while we worked, and got to get to some breweries and take in the sights.  About an hour after landing Gil was ready to move here.  We all went skiing at Keystone on Saturday and had a blast.  Leigh Anne had only skied before but did well.  Big shout out to Karla for helping her.  

We also went down to Texas for a quick weekend because the Casselmanns, friends from Cologne, Germany, were in town.  Their son Christian was a foreign exchange student with the Gross family when Matt was a senior in high school.  It was great to see them! No German trip to Texas would be complete without buying cowboy boots and a cowboy hat...Germans.  The same weekend our nephew Caleb turned two, so it was fun to celebrate with the family.

The next weekend we had another 'we love Colorado' moment.  We went skiing on Saturday and hiking on Sunday.  Awesome.  There was a little snow on the trail, but it was fine and made for a good workout.