The Gillenwaters: January 2016

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Telluride Day 3

Ski Day!

Where we were staying was ski in ski out, so I skied down with all the kids to ski school.

Adult ski day! It was gorgeous!

I love that we get time to ski together! Ryan doesn't love skiing like I do but he is a good sport about it and does it because I love it! We did some serious skiing this day. We probably did 8-10 runs!

Lunch break or Bloody Mary break!

Yummy!

We did more skiing, picked the kids up, and headed back to the house to chill, eat, and relax.

Friday, January 29, 2016

Telluride Day 2

We decided to spend today exploring, getting ski gear, and just having fun!

Taking the gondola

The sun was bright :)

We stayed in The Mountain Village and wanted to go have lunch on the Telluride side.

The kids wanted to ride by themselves

The town of Telluride

We walked around, did some window shopping and a little shopping for souvenirs.

Such a cute little town

Christmas tree made of skis

The kids did some ice skating

I did this!

The ride home, love these kids!

There isn't a bad view anywhere you look

Hot tub time

We cooked the kids dinner and the adults headed to grab some

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Telluride Day 1

3rd Annual Ski Trip with the McLaughlin's!

This year we switched things up and headed to Telluride.

Connor and Kendall had math homework to do since they were missing two days of school. These two wanted to knock it out so they didn't have to worry about it.

The view from my window- I see snow!

Montrose airport is the smallest cutest thing ever

We flew into Montrose, rented a car and started the hour and half drive to Telluride. I stared out the window the entire time, it was breath taking!

We made it!

After we all got settled in and headed to grab some food and explore.

The girls thought they were back in London

Stopped for some hot chocolate, those are some happy kids!

Family Pic!

Ran into the ice sculpture in the village

Finally hot tub time!

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Good bye Newport Beach

Good bye Newport Beach!

It was time to head home, I was sad to leave this amazingly gorgeous place but excited to see the girls.

We headed out for breakfast before out flight.

So thankful to spend some time with this one!

Our view for breakfast

The Beachcomber is located in a National Park and you have to walk a bit to get to but so worth it. It is in an older house turned into restaurant.

When we got to the airpot and checked in we discovered that somehow our tickets were completely different. Ryan was flying to Austin and I was flying to Vegas then Austin. Say what! I flipped out just a bit on the inside but held it together. The other flight was already over booked so no chance of me getting on standby. My flight to Vegas was also over booked so Ryan couldn't change his flight to get on mine. So we kissed and said see you in Austin.

I had a 2 hour lay over in Vegas so what else are you suppose to do to pass time but play the slots of course!

I donated but had fun.

Finally headed home!

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Black Status Retreat Day 3

Group Pic!!

This is a picture of some truly powerful women doing incredible things for other people!

Breakfast

Amy, Kari, Tami DeWitt, me, Stephanie

Last general session

The last few days have been incredible and really inspiring. I tried to take in as much as I can, listening and learning.

I snapped a selfie with Kara Lewis Newton, she does some amazing periscope trainings and super cute videos for her business!

Melanie and I

I was sad to see the retreat end but my brain was over loaded! Time to chill and enjoy this place. We hopped in a uber and rode down to Laguna Beach. It was little over cast but it was beautiful!