we had the best weekend of the year! last week paul worked on the holiday so that he could take friday off and we could all head to breckenridge to see the international snow sculpture competition. we headed up about 9 am for a pretty uneventful drive. found the sculptures - not quite as impressive as we had hoped, but still a great time. it snowed the entire time we were there and the kids loved it! after seeing the sculptuures we headed to a local, laid-back spot for lunch and the spiciest bloody mary and beer chaser i have had in a long time. the kids were happy to run around the resturant and play with the wiki stix given to them by the resturant staff. we kept trying to leave the resturant but jack kept eating - and you know, if jack is eating, we're staying.
after lunch we headed to carter park in breckenridge for a little afternoon sledding - THE BEST PART! it was the perfect size hill for young and old. it was the kind of hill every ski resort town should have. paul and i pulled sleds full of kids up the hill several times and then decided that if they wanted to keep sledding, they had to walk and carry their own sleds up the hill. needless to say they walked up the hill until paul and i finally said, "Enough'. we gathered our kids, dusted off the snow and headed home. on the way home I-70 turned into a ice road and we ended up sitting in the car, on a closed road for 2 hours. with the help of a full tank of gas, the DVD player, juice boxes and endless snacks we weathered the closed road due to too many accidents and made it home. what should have been a 2 hour drive took up over 4 hours but we made it home safe and sound. it really was a great day - i hope we can have a few more before the snow ends.
saturday we cleaned and sunday was a very quiet day at home puttering around.
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