WOW!!! What a great week!!! Where to begin?? First, thank you
to Donna and Gerald Lemons for letting us use their condo for our
little get away in Frisco, Colorado. The condo is such a beautiful, cozy
place in a darling little town. We loved lighting a fire and snuggling
down to watch a movie or read our books. Second, thank you to Angie
for sending us notes on all of the cool things to do while we were there.
She checked in on us each day to make sure we were having a great
time. Third, thank you to my Aunt Rosie, who also has a condo in
Frisco. She came up on Wed, after flying in from Florida. She took
us all over, cooked us meals, treated us for a dinner out and showed us
a great time.
We had so much fun sledding, swimming (yup, my Aunt took us to an
indoor rec center) and just plain ole playing in the snow. There were
FEET of snow on the ground. In fact, where the plows had scooped to
clean the roads, it made a pile so high that it covered the Wal-Mart sign.
We can't wait to visit during the summer and see what fun
we can have without snow!!
We spend most of our first day just exploring the
neighborhood around the condo. There are
bike/walking paths all over. This is on a bridge
next to the highway.
This little bridge is part of that bike trail and it
takes you over the river so you can get to the park.
They thought it was funny to go down
the slides and crash into the snow.
Ian is standing on top of a garbage can.
We didn't have snow boots and Wal Mart
didn't have any so I bought rain boots to
help keep their feet dry. It helped...a little.
This is the snow pile outside of the condo.
I could cook lunch/dinner and keep an eye
on the kids. I actually took this picture while
standing inside by the sliding door. They would
play until they were numb, come in, change
clothes, thaw out and back out they would go.
They had so much fun just playing in the yard.
Warming up by the fire after playing outside in the snow.
This picture doesn't really capture my first ski lesson.
Aunt Rosie gave me some pointers and then sent me
down a tiny hill on the cross country track at the Nordic
Center (where we were sledding). First try, OK. Second hill,
I lost my balance and went down on my back. Third try,
lost my balance, fell in soft snow, got stuck. Rosie tried to
rescue me and got stuck. A nice man and his wife stopped
to help. She fell and got stuck. The nice man had to pull
all three of us out of our snow sink holes. I had to lean on
my skis and crawl back to the track so I could stand up.
By the time it was said and done, my buns were numb and
my clothes were soaked. Aunt Rosie and I laughed all the way
back to the kids. She asked if I wanted to try and again but I
thought I had enough skiing for one day. :)
When we got back to the kids, they reminded
me of my promise to ride the sled at least
once down the hill. So, off I went. I got about
half way down when my sled flipped and I
rolled the rest of the way. For the record,
I had 3 successful sled runs after the first one.
It really was fun!
These discs just flew down the hill!
Sledding was by far the favorite activity. I think
we went 3 times. We borrowed sleds from the
condo (thanks again Donna and Gerald) and
one from Rosie.
Jenna is climbing the hill so she could
sled again. The hill was quite steep to it was
quite the work out getting back up. By the end,
Jenna would get half way up and then call to me to
come help her.
Ian and Jenna helped Aunt Rosie dig out her
shed. Ian thought it was funny when he hit
Rosie with a snowball. She thought it was funnier
when she dumped a shovel full of snow on his head.
This is the snow pile by Aunt Rosie's.
They made mini sled runs. On the
other side of this pile is the park
we played at earlier in the week.
Ian rode his sled right into the
wall of snow and flipped over.
He had a blast!
We went to Copper Mountain to watch
the skiers come down the mountain.
One afternoon, Aunt Rosie took us to the
Silverthorn Rec Center. (I borrowed this pic
from their website) Jenna LOVED going down
this slide. Most of the time, we went together
but once she did go down on her own. The first
time she climbed up, she was pretty nervous.
(I was already up there, waiting in line)Instead
of holding the rail and walking, she crawled all the
way up. This center has the slide pool, a kiddie pool
with a tiny slide, a deep pool, indoor and outdoor
hot tubs, a lap pool with a basketball hoop plus a
the regular workout stuff. It was quite the amazing place.
This is a picture I took from the front porch of
the condo. It was just breath taking. Every where
you looked, the views were just beautiful.
