Whirlwind Trip to Aspen!

About two weeks ago, Jimmy called me in the middle of the work day.  He hardly ever calls while either of us are at work, unless something is up.  He was supposed to be in a big meeting, so I hurried up to answer his call!

He said, “Hey, Kell…How’s it goin?  I need you to take off March 7, 8, 9 and 10.”  My response was…”Umm…ok.  What’s going on?  And do you know that is the week before my spring break?”

Turns out, his bank invited the managers of the TOP FIVE branches in the company to head to Aspen, Colorado for a pleasure trip.  The only catch…they needed to know if we could go ASAP! 

I called mom first thing and told her about our awesome deal.  My parents are beyond wonderful and she said, “Well, you have got to tell them you will go.  We can figure out the details with Addison later!”

Fast forward ten days to this…

Hellloooooo Aspen!  The airport is about 2 minutes from where the 2011 X Games were.

Driving around town the first day, we were overwhelmed with how beautiful the scenery was!

Our hosts took us to the first store and told the group to stock up on what we wanted to drink for the week!

We didn’t stay in a hotel while we were there.  We stayed at the owner of the Diamondback’s house!  Holy cow!  This place was phenomenal!!!

Here is our room and one of the balconies.

Tommy is a manager at a branch in North Carolina.  His wife, Jamie, was awesome!  We had a great time with them!

The first day we were there, we went to rent our ski equipment!  We were keeping our eye out for any celebrities we may see and turns out we found one.  Well, a pseudo-celebrity.  You may recognize him as the FBI agent on Castle, or the character, Nathan, from Heroes.  Adrian Pasdar was at Aspen Sports renting ski equipment with his kids.

I’m here to tell you he looks better than this in person.

Monday evening, we were treated with our own personal chef at the house.  They made amazing appetizers, soup, salad, steak and this for dessert for everyone.

Tuesday was ski day.  It snowed all night the night before, so supposedly the slopes were perfect!

I don’t handle heights very well.  I was great at skiing, but getting to the top of the mountain was tough for me.  I opted for a spa day the next day, while jimmy skied again.

It was better than I ever imagined.

That morning, Jimmy and I played in the snow.  We had so much FUN!

This is just outside of our room, off the balcony.

The snow was so deep, it was too hard to walk through, so we crawled.

On the last night, we went to a delicious restaurant called Jimmy’s!!

Jimmy ordered a rib-eye steak that was as big as his face.

He ate the whole thing!  Then, after showing his ID to prove his identity, he was allowed to sign the wall in the bar.

It was tough finding a good spot, but he was able to write his favorite quote and sign his name!

Mel Gibson also signed the wall at Jimmy’s, even though he is obviously not a Jimmy.

What a marvelous trip!  It was definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity and I am so glad we were able to have this experience!!