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Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime!

Me Ra Koh

This was the most unexpected winter family trip of a lifetime! Rocky Mountain Pizza, log cabin in the mountains, 16 ft of snow, I could go on and on! Let me show you!

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

Think about a time when you met someone(s) in your life, and they blew you away with their unexpected generosity.

These are the type of people who invited us to their cabin in Vail, Colorado for a week. Words cannot express how honored Brian and I are to call them our dear friends.

Without embarrassing Shannon, Rob, Brittany and their dad Jim, I have to tell you what they’ve done. This family is AMAZING! To see their generosity in detail is unreal. Many of you remember Shannon and Brittany, two beautiful sisters, we had the privilege of photographing their weddings. Needless to say, we fell in love with their family. So you can imagine how blown away we were when they called several months ago with an unexpected invitation.

Shannon and Rob said they wanted to get airfare for Pascaline and Blaze to come to their cabin in Vail. Would we be open to taking care of our airfare and spending some a week together? We were in shock. Are people really this generous!

Not only did they invite us to their breathtaking place, but they picked us up on Friday at the airport, gave us their SUV to drive while we’re here, brought us up to the cabin, spent the weekend with us laughing,

and skiing the best snow Vail has had in years!

Plus, sledding with us,

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

and then last night they taught us how to make “Rocky Mountain Pizza”,

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

and can you believe they have left us this beautiful 6 bedroom log cabin all to ourselves for the rest of the week! Brian and I are literally sitting here stunned as we look around. We can’t believe we are here for a week to play with the kids and rest. Seriously stunned.

It’s only Day Three, but without question it’s a Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime!

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

Being that our day job is what it is we’ve been snapping away. Here are some more of my favorites.

The kids eating their pizza! Pascaline, Blaze and Cade (the kids’ new buddy!)

Pascaline making her way through the snow. 16 feet of new snow this season!

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

Cara (Cade’s mom) giving her tired little guy a piggy back ride back to the cabin after a full morning of sledding. She is quite the mom, especially when she’s teaching kids to make pizza dough!

Winter Family Trip of a Lifetime

Rob took this one of his baby, Ruby! Good job Rob with point of view!

I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking a photo exercise(s) on how to shoot in the snow might be an appropriate thing for the blog this week! What do you think!

Tomorrow I’m going to show you the “not so dreamy” part of the trip. 🙂 Helping your kids learn to ski is a cool thing, but if you’ve done this you feel our pain. If you haven’t done ski school for kids, you can see it tomorrow for yourself and then feel our pain. 🙂

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xo,

m

 

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  1. Megan says:

    Awesome Guys! How cool that you all were able to get up there and “chill”! Big Jim is an amazing man and host, as are the kids, so we knew you would have a great time! Enjoy, we are looking forward to hearing and seeing all about the rest of the week!
    Much Love, Megan & Tim

  2. Jen Sulak says:

    awesome! enjoy yourselves!!!! 🙂 whoo hoo!

  3. Jess Niles says:

    Pretty sweet perk!
    Have a blast!

  4. Dorian says:

    Sounds wonderful. Love the picture of you and Blaze.
    Snow picture tips would be great. We may get some (snow) at the end of the week.
    I bet Pascaline is enjoying being home schooled. It looks like a great education.

  5. sharon says:

    What a sweet family!

    Hope you continue to have an awesome vacation!

  6. Cathy says:

    Welcome back to Colorado! You picked a great week to be here, and hope you have a wonderful time. What amazing hosts you have–and what a incredible opportunity to see Vail in all its glory!

    Some snow tips would be awesome.
    Have fun!

  7. becky says:

    how generious! great photos in the snow and yes, please give us tips! i am in utah and we just got another 4 feet this morning….more to come!

  8. Amanda Mays says:

    Snow tips would be great! Just in time too, I’m planning a mountain trip myself!

  9. Jill says:

    Oh, what a dream! Love the pics so far, can’t wait to see more! – Jill

  10. Dana says:

    How fun! I can’t wait for the segment on how to take pictures in the snow!

  11. Linda says:

    How about the recipe for Rocky Mountain Pizza! It looks delicious!

  12. Linda says:

    Oh, and snow pic tips would be great! There’s lots of snow opportunities in the Seattle area and the season isn’t over yet! Enjoy your week in Colorado.

  13. Michelle says:

    HOW EXCITING and most importantly, RELAXING!!!!

    Enjoy your time there!

  14. jenny says:

    how awesome – that family rocks.

    yes! teach us how to take shots in the snow – i live in it half the year and i have a horrible time shooting in it!

    enjoy the rest of your time!

  15. Lord knows you already have worked hard…so now is a time for your family to rest hard and play hard! Hope you have memories to last a lifetime. I think God just wanted to bless you guys because you are continually blessing others. It’s kinda that what go’s around comes around thing! So Cool! Hope your cup is filled to over flowing this week! Enjoy being together!

  16. Kay Beaton says:

    Hey Me Ra! Welcome to Colorado! I’m just 30 miles from there in Dillon (my hubby works in Vail) and I’m happy to come over & help teach the kiddos to ski or photograph all of you while you do! Great Timing! It’s perfect ski weather!

  17. Chelsie says:

    awe. im so so happy that you all get a relaxing week together! that is just what you guys need… its especially great that you guys have found someone as generous as you 2 are to give you a place to relax =]. have a great week… hopefully the kids pick up pretty quickly on the skiing.

  18. Dane says:

    so stoked for you guys …

  19. OneLovePhoto says:

    Oh man! That looks like FUN! Enjoy all of it even the sore legs, tears and bruises. They will be cruising around soon enough! Fun Photos!

  20. Stephanie says:

    Me Ra, You’re amazing!!! I hope that you and Brian have a blessed and relaxed trip and enjoy your family!! The pictures are awesome. I’m blown away by your gifts and talents.

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