Graduating to Intermediate Sledding

Well - today is our third day in Colorado and we are having the time of our lives. We are so truly and amazingly blessed to have the friends that we do, and I feel so grateful for getting to enjoy the beauty of God's creations. You cannot help but feel small in the presence of such magnificence.

Today started out with a very relaxing morning. We stayed in our PJs for several hours, enjoying the good company, a hearty nut-butter breakfast, and basking in the warm sunshine.

After picking Luke up from school we headed back to the mountains in an attempt to find the perfect sledding hill (with snow, of course). On the way up into the mountains we stopped and did a little hiking at Boulder Falls park. It was beautiful to see the half frozen waterfall spilling out of the mountain. Certainly none of these pictures do it justice. While Pierre and I took the kids on this hike, the Mommies with Saxon in tow headed up to get some sandwiches for a picnic.

We headed up towards what we believe is an old mining town - although we found little signs of a town - called Caribou Flats. After questioning the decision to go down a torn up dirt road for several miles, we finally came across the most amazing sledding hill I had ever seen (although currently I have only seen 2!?) What a great reward for a long trek. It was gorgeous.

Will took to the snow immediately. He and Luke had a wonderful time sledding down the first hill. Pierre and I followed them. There was only one other family on the hill - and as it turns out they live just about 10 miles from us back home in Texas - what a small world.

After sledding the first hill a couple of times, we stopped to enjoy our picnic lunch and take in the view - again, amazing. Food never tasted so good - even if it was organic, cheese puffs!

After lunch, Pierre, Luke, Will, and I headed off to a higher peak - all virgin powder - completely unsledded. We were wilderness men!



After a couple of good runs at 10,000 feet and 29 degrees - we were all a little chilly and ready to get off of the mountain. So we headed down to the nearest town, Nederland, to find some hot chocolate and hot totties. We found a little coffee shop in an old train car nestled in the snow - how awesome. It was great to warm up a little.

Now we are back at Mary and Pierre's beautiful house getting ready for a nice dinner. We all have that awesome tired and satisfied feeling that you can only get after a very active day!