Christmas in Bend

It was a white Christmas in Bend, Oregon🎄

The house that we stayed in was so good

We had a blast skiing, brewery-hopping, and hanging out with the fam. We arrived late on Friday night, but Brady's parents already had a fire roaring. We sat around the fire until the early hours of the morning. 

We explored the breweries of Bend on Saturday. We start at Bend Brewing then 10 Barrel then ended at Crux. I was exhausted (and freezing) by the end of the day. I seriously went to bed at 6 o'clock. 

 The look Connor gives his mother vs the look Evie gives her nana lol

 Bloody Mary's

Cheers!

 Evie loves nana!

Walk to see the river after breakfast

 Start of the brew tour

 Evie spilt...

 Teach them young

 Da boys

 This girl just needs colors

 Do you see the EIGHT deer??

Brady and I went skiing on Sunday! It felt so good! The crisp air and falling snow make me so happy. Brady was a trooper and skied the entire day with me. We actually skied through the park where I had my accident. It was by mistake because we are terrible at looking at the map ahead of time. We just take the lift up and randomly choose which routes to take down. It was a great day. 

 Gear up

 First run down wasn't half bad

 I can always find Brady with his red goggles

 Wintery scenes

 White out conditions in the afternoon

Both of those beers are Brady's

Christmas Eve was snowy. It was so festive. We wandered around town in the snow. Grabbed coffee and last minute gifts then went home to open presents. Connor stayed back with Evie while Ann, Brady, Colin and I went wine tasting and stopped by McMenamins for a hot toddy before dinner.

 This is how you could usually find Evie... just look for Connor

 Bath toy from Uncle Colin

Testing of Evie's new guitar from Auntie Cait

 Once again, we're coloring

 Just a girl with her new pig and guitar

 New baby from Uncle Connor

 No attention for the poor girl

 All the sugar

 Another brewery

 Uncle time

 Must find wine

 Thankful

 Wintery walk

 Came home to find this scene so we quietly snuck back out to have one more drink

Brady and I essentially had a vacation from parenting. Evie is obsessed with her grandparents and uncles. She wanted nothing to do with her parents. It's half hurtful and half amazing. She actually pushed Brady aside and ran to Connor at 10 Barrel Brewing😂