The Phelps Boys

OK, really only one of these dudes looks like a Phelps, but we love them all anyway. Cousin Cole Ferrell (left) came over to play one night and Aunt Jenny and I had a forced photo shoot (sound like anyone, Sally?). Guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Lock up your Daughters, Okoboji!

Meet the Boesens

Griffin got to meet a few other members of his extended family -- aunt Katelyn and Great Grandma Patsy, both pictured here. I'll let you figure out who's who! Aunt Meredith and cousin Sofia were also in town to visit, but I unfortunately didn't get any photos of them (sorry guys!).

Grandma Boesen

Jack had a good time recently visiting (and eating chips) with Grandma Boesen. She learned very quickly that the way to Jack's heart is through snacks. He asks to go see her all the time. Hope she's got more chips ready!

The Boesen's Hit Breckenridge

Without explaining each individual picture, you get the general idea that there were a lot of Boesens in one place at the same time. Fourteen of us to be exact. We stayed in a pretty sweet house outside of Breckenridge, Colo., and it snowed every day nonstop. Jack enjoyed flying in the airplane and watching the Grinch courtesy of Aunt Jenny's iPod. Another big highlight was the Eagle Bahn Gondola to the top of Vail mountain -- it acutally replaced "hockey" in his lexicon for a few days. But perhaps the greatest part of the whole trip was riding the Vail city bus with a very excited Jack. If things ever get boring in Des Moines, I'm jumping on the MTA bus around the city.

We had phenomenal skiing and had a great time connecting with the Boesen clan. We skiied, snowboarded ("shred the gnar gnar!"), ate, hot-tubbed, ate, had a Wii tennis tournament and ate some more (man, those crepes were great!). We're looking forward to the next Boesen family vacation sometime soon!