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I left our trip story unfinished with my former entry... Saturday, January 2, we set out to return home. Scott and I had even had big "discussions" a few weeks ago about when we would return home. He was pushing for Sunday, and I told him I really wanted to come home Saturday, so that we could unpack and have time to get ready for the week ahead. Alas, he finally agreed, and so we packed our bags, loaded our car, and set out for home on Saturday, around 1:00 pm. We were leaving from my dad's house, and took 285, because of its proximity to that location. An hour an a half into our trip, we came out of the mountains into the South Park valley. It was not snowing, but as soon as we entered the valley, snow blew straight across from west to east. The road ahead of us was white; the car just feet in front of us was white. Visibility was a matter of inches. And to make it worse, the sun blazed through each ice crystal, creating an blinding glare. Needless to say, we w...

Last week, before we left home, Scott's brother's family, and their three kids came to visit. We crammed in fun times before we packed up to go to Colorado. There, we squeezed in visits with both of my sisters, both of my parents and step-parents, two aunts, one uncle, two grandparents, six nieces and nephews, and a couple of friends. (To those friends and relatives we were not able to visit with this time, we'll try again next time!) We visited with one of my friends (Samantha) I have known since junior high and her husband (Edward), and were blessed to meet their adorable little boy. They even cued us in on a nearby Eddie Bauer store closing, so we got a little extra shopping fun together! Adrianna had fun playing kids' computer games with my mom, and telling her the animal videos she wanted to see on YouTube (she especially likes the wombat named Digger). And she enjoyed the personalized coloring books Grandpa Richard made just for her. She also got plenty of sto...