Mountain Getaway

Since we're not skiing aficionados, we seldom get up to the mountains in the winter.  I know it sounds so like an untypical Coloradoan, but skiing has gotten so expensive, and with 3 kids it's just not feasible right now.  I miss it dearly and hope our kids will be able to experience it in a few years, but I think we'll have to win the lottery for that!

Luckily we've found another winter pastime we enjoy - snowshoeing.  So Steve booked my aunt & uncle's condo in Keystone for the long MLK weekend with Mark and Char too.  The girls were excited to get away (especially since we just completed all our antibiotics for strep and pink eye).  We were finally healthy and ready to have some fun!

It started out well with a little swimming for the ladies on Saturday morning.  By the afternoon Brooklynn was complaining of a sore throat and Ady's eye looked pink.  You've got to be kidding me!  There's no way they were sick!

 So we took out Chandler for some sledding with Katie, Adam, Brett, and Cenee who were up in the mountains for the weekend.  Katie found an awesome hill, and we were off!  Here's the group trying to train sled.  Never quite worked out for them, but the effort was amazing!

 Then Ady decided she was ready to sled.  I just love her cheesy smile!

 Sledding with papa before she demanded to go on her own.

 Sunday morning we were able to get away and go snowshoeing while Magra and Papa took the girls to the children's museum.  The weather was gorgeous!  We did about a 5 mile hike before returning to take care of our now even-sicker girlies.  Uggghhh!

 I think this perfectly sums up the weekend for Brooklynn - totally bummed she didn't feel well and was stuck in bed.  Poor girl!

After we left on Monday we took the girls to the doctor.  Turned out Brooklynn had strep again, so the antibiotics hadn't worked.  So she was onto another round.  Ady had an ear infection, but luckily healed eventually on its own.  It was great to be in the mountains for the weekend and experience the winter crowd and the gorgeous weather, but we were disappointed the girls didn't get to enjoy it like they wanted.  Another example of the unpredictability of kids!