Thanksgiving and December happenings

As I was going through pictures, I realized that I didn't put up pictures from Thanksgiving or December so I thought I would do that today!!

For our Thanksgiving vacation, we both had a week off from school so we decided to take an anniversary trip into the mountains! On our actual anniversary, Josh took me to Shanahan's- a fancy steak restaurant here in Denver. Then the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we headed into the mountains! I started driving but then it started snowing pretty hard and I let Josh take the wheel.

We got up to 11,000 while driving I-70!

The mountain views were breathtaking for sure. I can't believe this is only a couple of hours from where we live now!

Here's the view from our hotel room.

We loved being cozy in our room by the fireplace and watching the snow fall on this beautiful landscape!

We saw a ton of elk near our hotel and had to stop from them to get out of the road each morning.

The snow plows were working hard!!

Huey was happy to see us- he had been boarded at his daycare while we were in the mountains. On Thanksgiving Day, we took him with us to Wyoming to visit Matt and Vanessa!

The drive to Wyoming was windy but the views were gorgeous. We crossed over the Continental Divide a few times while driving on I-80.

This is a picture of Huey during a pit stop on the way. He decided that he was king of this snow pile.

In Wyoming, Huey got to play with Matt and Vanessa's dog, Barley. They were BFFs.

Before heading back to Denver, we went to a park close to their house to let the dogs run around and to see more of the Wyoming scenery.

When we returned from Wyoming, Huey's tail was bothering him and he seemed to be in a good amount of pain so he was given pain medicine and a cone so that the cut on his tail could heal.

For the first weekend in December, I flew to Georgia for a girls weekend with my close friends!! We rented a cabin in Helen for the weekend and hung out, talked, did spa treatments, talked, watched movies, talked.....you get the picture. I had to miss my high school reunion in July due to my new job so this helped make up for that!

I love these girls!!

Josh and I also got our first Christmas tree this year and I had so much fun decorating it! It was my first real tree ever so it was a fun experience. Here's a picture of us heading out to Josh's school's Christmas party.

The next blog will be about our Christmas travels so stay tuned!!!