For Christmas, we had the whole crew up at the ranch. We had... Josh, Nicole, & Ollie, Bruce & Cindy, Jolly & Cherie, Nathan, Dad, Gail & Val, Grandma Betty, & Uncle Bill. It was so fun getting to celebrate with everyone! We even got a white Christmas!!
Ryan & his dreamy new fly reel. 
We went up into the mountains for a couple of days to celebrate Jolly's 28th birthday. Here is pic of us celebrating at Breckenridge Brewery.
Last weekend, we watched Ollie for 4 days while Josh & Nicole were out of town. Cindy did most of the work and Ryan & I entertained. Ollie is hilarious. He had some crazed moments including the one below. He was running up and down the hall squealing.
It has been snowing off and on for a couple days now, transforming the Ranch into snowy paradise. Everything is covered in frosty crystals. It was whopping 15˚ outside this morning.
With the recent snow, we've had a lot of vistors to our bird feeder including a Downy Woodpecker. He rotates between the feeder and the tree. Others pictured below are the House Finch, a 'winterized' American Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, and Gray-headed & Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco.
This sunset was crazy. The sky started glowing and then darkened to reveal an ominous storm-like cloud. 
Last Saturday, Ryan & went up to Redfeather Lakes to cut down our Christmas tree! Halfway through our search it began to snow sideways. Then, last night we got into the Christmas spirit, turned on some holiday music, and decorated.
