Here we are, just enjoying the season in our mountain home. On December 1st, we went to watch the Birds of Prey World Cup ski races again at Beaver Creek. It was a lot sunnier than last year, and it was nice to be outside in the mountains. We didn't stay for a long time, but it turned out that the top three finishers raced while we were there, so that was cool.
After the races, we drove down past Minturn, turned onto Tigiwon Road, and hiked up a mile or two to find ourselves a Christmas tree. It was a perfect day for hiking - not enough snow for snowshoes yet - and we found a lovely tree to bring home and decorate. (It did look a lot bushier out in the wild, though.)
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| That's ours, right in the middle of this pic. |
Gregg got creative with a flashlight in the next few photos - he's so clever!
We didn't technically build and furnish our gingerbread beach shack in December - it was actually created while we were in Utah on the day after Thanksgiving at Grandma Elwood's house - but it's definitely a favorite part of our Christmas decor. You'll notice the palm tree seems to have been affected by a hurricane. But the back "yard" is quite lovely, complete with fruit stripe gum beach chairs, graham cracker crumb sand, and a gummy shark swimming in the blue sprinkle ocean.
I loved this post! Fun gingerbread "beach house", that sounds like a Gregg inspired theme if I ever heard of one. Love the beach chairs and shark! And your tree is adorable, how fun to be able to cut it yourself.
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