WOW! We had a GREAT time in Colorado. Many family stories to tell for the rest of our lives. The trip there was an event in itself. It is suppose to be a 13 hour drive without stopping. We made it in 17 hours. The last 100 miles took us the extra four hours. As we passed through the blizzard of the century (for us Texans anyway) we made nervous jokes to break the silence and prayed ALOT. It snowed two feet in two days. It made for great skiing, even though getting to the top of the mountain was somewhat challenging the first couple of days.

It was cold - but not as cold as you would think. The first day we went skiing was unbearably cold. When we returned we found out it was -31 wind chill at the top of the mountain ( I don't think that's taken on the chair lift - THAT was even colder). We said - well no wonder we were so cold. The rest of the days we were even warm when the sun was shining. That was great.


We were so blessed to be able to ski for FOUR days. We were only suppose to go for three, but the girls begged for that last day. How wonderful. We were even more blessed to find a sitter that was God-sent to care for Landry. The first few days Grandma Pat was our blessing. The last few days (Grandma had to go home with Aunt Allyson & Ashton), we found (actually God sent her to me) Miss Diana. She babysits in Pagosa and she is SO AWESOME.

Of course there were those moments of fighting in the car, not doing homework and the trials of getting ALL the layers of ski clothes on... but they were all worth it.

We ran into someone Bob use to work with at the ski lodge - now that was weird. He is a wonderful man and somewhat of a mentor in Bob's life, so it was really nice to spend some time with he and his wife.

Now... we're back to reality. It's been a difficult couple of weeks getting back into the swing of things. The girls have fallen somewhat behind in their school work and I feel so responsible. BUT, we all knew the task of leaving and missing some school. God reminds me, it will all work out and it was worth it. We needed that time away.


Thanks for sharing!