our venture to steamboat

so we made it. snow packed/icy roads and all. only took an extra 30 minutes too. we love our explorer. it takes us anywhere our little hearts desire to go. it's awesome. and coming back was a breeze, and beautiful with all the fresh fallen snow i might add. both kids slept the whole way coming back, which made for some seriously good bonding time for me and the man. i'm sure he'll agree, i'm just sure of it...

we arrived to the hotel friday night and because of our awesomeness were upgraded to a suite. saweeeet! started our time there off just right. and we made big plans for saturday we did. hank went skiing in the morning while me and kids checked out the shops downtown. then we all went back and took some much needed naps before going out to the snowy hill to go.... TUBING! we were so excited and kept telling beth that we were going to play in the snow. well, we drove out to the first place, found out that you HAD to have a reservation (which we didn't) and that they didn't have any more room for that night. so we resort to plan B: tubing place #2. call them to find out what the story is, and as it turns out, they're going to close their hill down in 30 minutes. it's also a 30 minute drive from where we are. hill #2? out. so... tubing was a total bust. and we were all so disappointed. beth kept asking and asking to play in the snow, and being the stellar parents that we are, we attempted to keep our promise, so we resorted to playing in a park with snow that felt like it had been there for 4 years. our version of playing in the snow:



it was especially fun for they hyde-man.


okay, it was pretty much super lame, but beth seemed to like it, even if it was rock solid. she just liked to get outside i think. and has been asking to play in the snow everyday ever since. we have much fresher, softer snow here at home, so it works out good for her.

after playing the snow we hit up the hot springs and beth and hank swam their little hearts out.




hyde and i are both still a little too fresh off the boat to hit up the hot springs. next time though, next time...


one hot dinner at a sketchy mexican restaurant later we were back at the hotel and ready to crash. we rented a movie and all laid down, hoping beth would crash in the first 5 seconds. but no. of course not. of course she stayed up for the whole thing even though she was EXHAUSTED. meh, we were on vacation. who cares if our almost-two year old stays up until 11. big deal.

then back on sunday in time for the superbowl (go giants!) a really stellar weekend it was. and we plan to go back, few times in the near future.

tomorrow i am headed to new orleans for a quick overnight. my first time to new orleans. can't wait to check out the big easy....