Snowshoeing the Flatirons

Post-Christmas in Kansas, Jeff and Sarah stayed with us here in Boulder for an extra day of fun.


It was super cold and snowy, but that didn't stop us from layering on the gear, strapping ourselves into snowshoes, and heading up the road to the Flatirons. Using our cool new GPS, Kevin and Jeff decided to track our route and elevation gain.


Up, up, up we went...


...until we reached the Flatirons.


But of course we weren't really ON the Flatirons, we were just NEXT TO the Flatirons, so Kevin and Jeff pressed on, or rather up.


Kevin IN the Flatirons.


Our destination from the bottom of the trail looking back up.


Time for some cocoa.

Christmas in Kansas: Part Two

Christmas in Kansas! A very small contingent of Millers and Hankens converged on Paul and Jill's in Lawrence Kansas... and there was much rejoicing.


After a very aggressive yankee-swap-type dice game, everyone ended up with a joke gift or two including: David Beckham "Inspire" cologne, a fart machine a burp machine and an inexplicable ceramic cat mug.


Jeff and Sarah were there.


Kevin did great in the first round of the dice game snagging four presents, but lost them very quickly in round two. Things got ugly.


Though, Emily was the big winner of the night and soaked up all of the attention. What a cutie.


Though, the best present of all is getting to set aside the worries of the day and spend time with loved ones. Wow, the holidays go by far too quickly.