Welp friends, I'm back to the real world today. My vacation with Scott was wonderful, but I'm happy to be getting back into the swing of things. Starting now!
We ended up getting back a day earlier than planned, but I didn't mind too much. I love vacations, but I'm a huge homebody! I was happy to get back, get the house in order and take down our Christmas decorations. Our house is so bare now!! But nice and clean, which I am a fan of...
Now, let the vacation recapping begin!
Saturday: We drove from Austin to Angel Fire and ended up arriving around 8pm. We warmed up the condo, ordered pizza and watched Pitch Perfect. That movie is hilarious!
Sunday: Our first ski day! We drove into Taos(about an hour from AF) to take some lessons. Scott takes a specialty lesson only offered on Sundays, so I took a private two hour lesson while he was out. I love getting instructors there because they really know what they are talking about! Plus it's always good to get a refresher on your first day skiing. Although it was freezing, like in the teens freezing, I still managed to have a good time! It was quite beautiful!
Monday(New Years Eve): We drove into Taos, except it was a bit different than Sunday! It was a freakin blizzard outside! We saw that it was going to snow, but we I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was. We could barely see the road when we were driving in. It was definitely the most snow I've ever seen or skied in.
When we got back to our truck to head home, this is what we found! Snow up to my knees!! Craziness!
We eventually got out of there and had a very slow drive home. If you curious as to what we did for New Years, well we laid on the couch in our robes and watched TV until 11... We figured we'd celebrate central times zone New Years Eve. That counts right? We were so wiped from skiing in a blizzard! Tuesday(New Years Day): We celebrated a year of Engagement! I blogged about that here. I talked about the start of our chili and champagne tradition.
I decided I needed to take a break from skiing, so I stayed in and Scott went skiing in AF for a few hours. When he got back, I suited up and got ready for some sledding action! I have never been before and have always wanted to try it. We walked around for a bit, trying to find the best hill. We saw some paths that some other people had made and tried them out. Watch for yourself to see how our sledding adventure worked out!
Pretty freakin funny, right?!?! annnnnnd here are some stills for your enjoyment!
So many great times and memories... Wednesday: We stayed in AF to ski, and ah I was in heaven! I love skiing there! Ok, so the snow might not be as awesome as Taos, but I just feel much more confident there. It's less competitive, not as steep and just a wee bit warmer, like 20 degrees :). I got this really beautiful picture of some snow fluffed trees. Aren't they awesome!
The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful! Lots of relaxing, talking, eating, and watching TV. I wouldn't have had it any other way. :)
If you have a husband/boyfriend/fiance or gamer friend then most likely you're familiar with the XBOX Kinect. If you are unsure what it is, it's like the wii except you don't have to hold any controllers. There is a little sensor that scans your body and catches your movement. Very cool stuff!
Scott and I have had the Kinect for a pretty long time now and have been trying out some games. But to be honest, we don't use it as often as we should. We played with it last night and realized that it REALLY works you out! Scott quoted, "We need to do this more often" in a full blown sweat. We were both sore and out of breath by the time we finished.
Here are a few games that we found to be fun and beneficial for "working out".
Wipeout: The levels on this game are listed as episodes like on the show. It's pretty hilarious trying to play this game. You have to do a lot of jumping, running in place and leaning from side to side. It doesn't catch your movement as well as other games, but it's still fun to try. It's a lot harder than other games too, but very funny! I want to have people over to play this one!
Kinect Adventures: This is a general game that I believe comes with the kinect when you buy it. It's fun for multiplayer use and it's pretty easy. The games are things like water rafting, jumping over and ducking under poles, and using your arms and legs to collect coins.
Your shape: Fitness Evolved 2012: Last night was our first time to try this game and I really liked it! It was like going to a gym class in your own living room. If you're one of these people that like to take a class with an instructor than this is your game. Not only is it a work out video, but you can see all your movement on TV. Super cool! It also keeps track of burnt calories and points earned, etc. I love this kind of stuff so I really enjoyed this game. This game has activities like jumping rope, cardio workouts, and yoga. I can't wait to try more!
Now for some embarrassment...
Scott playing wipeout...Hilarious!!!
This is from the "Your Shape" game. This is me jumping rope. It's kind of like guitar hero for your feet. You have to synchronize your feet with the feet on the screen as they scroll down.
I'm not saying these are great for serious weight loss or muscle building, but they are a quick workout and FUN!... Much better than what most people(me) usually do when they get home, which is nothing. I usually come home, eat dinner, maybe watch TV, take a shower then go to bed. At least you can get a little "workout" in even if it's only 30 minutes and have a good time doing it! Also, I'm sure it would be a great time if you had friends over to do it with you.
After about two hours of catching up on blogs, I'm finally able to write one of my own. I actually have been missing this world while I was on vacation, but I'm back and ready for action. OH, and a very unfortunate event happened, my computer screen won't turn on. Anyone else have that problem?? For the time being, Scott is lending me his MacBook, which is taking a lot of getting used to.
I want to tell you all about my trip! If you didn't know, Scott and I went out for a mini vacation over the weekend to New Mexico. We stayed in between Albuquerque and Santa Fe... I think. We really were in the middle of no where, which is the best part about it!
The view out there was incredible!
We spent a lot of our time out by the pool reading and getting too much sun. I brought home a sunburn and a burnt scalp, ouch! My darn permipart! There were three pools there, one for relaxing, a family pool that included a slide that we definitely went down 10 times, and a baby pool. If you can guess, we didn't spend anytime at the baby pool.
While we were in New Mexico, we ate sooo much food! But, we were on vacation. That's a valid excuse, right?! Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of the delicious food, but we ate REALLY good. From breakfast buffets, to steak dinners. I was pretty much done with eating towards the end of the trip and stuck with salads.
We were also were able to take a hike up Sandia Mountain. Boy, was I in for a surprise. OK, my definition of hiking is walking on a flat trail through some trees. Scott's idea of hiking is much different then mine which I soon found out.
We were just starting, and I could feel the sun starting to warm up. It was around 9:30 and I was feeling good. Fortunately, weather in NM is better than in Texas. You can actually sweat there and it evaporates because there is like zero humidity. It's GREAT! The temperature was still hot, and you become out of breath quickly especially when you're hiking at an elevation your not used to...
But the view was worth it!!!
Here are some videos we shot on the way up. Sorry, they are shot with my iPhone and I always seem to cover up the microphone when I'm shooting a video, so the sound may be muffled a little bit.
This is Scott's video that he wanted to share...
So, I was not prepared for this, but I'm so glad we went. It was such a beautiful view and such an accomplishment to see how far we went. I was not expecting the trail to be as steep as it was. We ran into a lot of people on the trail that morning, it was a popular spot. Oh and btw, we hiked about 5.5 miles, not 10 ;)
And for the results....
...snack time :)
The hike down took half the time and we were basically running down. There were a few cuss words said, and some slip scares, but we managed to make it down with out hurting ourselves or falling down.
I was sore for three days after the hike, it really worked me. My soreness made me feel less guilty about eating my body weight in breakfast that morning ;)
Look at Scott's cute parents. We got to spend a lot of time with them, they are a HOOT!!! So much fun! I'm very blessed to be a part of their family. That night we wandered around the resort, ventured off to hopefully crash a wedding,(the guys didn't let us), then headed home to pass out. (that was the same day we hiked, I was pooped!)
Our last night we spent with Milo's business partner and his family and traveled to Santa Fe for dinner. Wow, that city was amazing. It has so much character and scenery. I really enjoyed myself there, especially the company!! We eventually made it back to the resort to prepare for our departure the next morning.
This vacation was just what I needed! So much love, good times and relaxation!
Peace friends!!
*Brooke*
p.s. Sorry for such a long post, I've been out of the loop for a while!!!
