The Coombs Family

Caleb and I decided to take a snowboarding trip to Aspen Colorado. I’ve never been and it was on both of our bucket list. We headed out for a nice five day getaway and ended up going to the mountains three days in a row. The first day we went to Highland, the second day we went to Aspen and the third day we went to Snowmass. We were very sore and tired after three consecutive days, but each mountain offered very unique experiences and it was so much fun. The city offered a lot of easy to get to restaurants and art shows. I love walkable cities. In fact we were able to walk to the gondola it was only about 500 feet from our hotel. We basically snowboarded back home after we were done. we went to some really cool art shows the last day and met with a antique dealer who had some guns from the 1800s. we learned that everybody in Aspen has tassels on all their clothing. We also learned that for is for men and women and preferably worn head to toe. Everybody had a cowboy hat and were most de...

 We went back to Sunriver this year and rented a house with Rhoda's family. We played so many board games and minute to win-it games. It was hilarious watching how competitive everyone got each day. We spent two days at the mountain snowboarding and skiing. The conditions were poor so we called it an early day the last day. We had a ton of snow at the rental house so we were able to make an igloo. We mostly just hung out and ate food and talked most of the time. It was very relaxing and full of adventure at the same time. All our kids get a long great and the time always goes by too quickly. On the way to our trip the roads were so bad that we got stuck in a ton of traffic by Hoodoo. Caleb was the front car and we were behind and just started making our own lane and passing everyone. They were all stopped for no real reason but it was getting dark and the conditions were worsening. It was snowing a ton and icy but stopping on the hill wasn't my idea of safety either. It was ske...

We came back to Sunriver with the Bingham's again for Thanksgiving weekend. This year we even convinced the Olsen's to join us. We got a sick house that fit us all perfectly. The weather was cold but sunny so we went for walks every day. It was too cold for bike rides. We did the typical Sunriver activities including eating a ton of food, playing games, and watching football all day. The kids went to K1 racing and raced go karts, which is a new favorite activity. Even Shelby loves it and it's hard to find activities she wants to do with us like that. I think we will definitely keep coming back each year as long as we can.

 My friend Kacey had to work a soccer clinic in Hawaii and she took me along as her plus one. She went to the fields every day and I got to go site seeing and relax. I went hiking, snorkeling, bike riding, spent time on the beach, did some shopping, read a book, and loved it. It was so fun traveling essentially along during the day. It reminded me of all the work traveling I used to do. In the evenings we got together for dinner, beach time and some shopping. I am pretty sure I want to travel with her to all her camps now and just be a plus one.

This Christmas we surprised the kids with a trip down to California and stayed in Laguna Beach. We went with Rhoda's family and left on Monday, Ronin's birthday. The trip started off a little crazy. We had snow here for Christmas and it made the airport crazy and half our flights were cancelled. Trevor and Cassidy had a flight change and they had to get to the airport around 5 am, so they were awake around 3 am. After sitting in the airport all day their flight was cancelled and not rescheduled, so they headed back to my house. Caleb, Calvin and Ronin's flights were cancelled also, but before they had to leave to the airport. Rhoda, Brynlee, Kenady, Shelby and my flights were actually on time and left as they were suppose to. So we rented a car, Cassidy and Trevor drove with my boys all night and got to California around 6 am the next morning. Apparently the rental car was squished and nobody really loved the drive down there, but they did have a memorable trip for sure. I ...