Winter Weekend Feb 4/5

See pictures from this weekend HERE

Rachel and I made it home to Denver Friday night without any delays, despite a huge winter storm Thurs and Fri.  Many planes were canceled flying in and out of Denver, but we were lucky.  So lucky, we even had a whole row on the plane to ourselves for Rachel to explore the seatbelts, arm rests, window shade, seat back tray, etc.  Jason had no school that day (his first snow day of the year) but picked us up and drove us home safely, arriving home at about 11pm.

Sat morning Rachel and I were thrilled to be home.  Rachel ran around the house pointing out long lost toys and items she had missed.  She was quite hyper and distracted with every new turn.

We went outside in the new 2 feet of snow to shovel.  Rachel enjoyed eating it but not walking in it.  She tried to help her Mommy shovel, and was frustrated when she couldn't do it.

Sat afternoon we went sledding, which was the first time we'd done more with Rachel on a sled than pull her along on flat ground.  We started off cautiously, but Rachel kept saying 'more! more!' and encouraged us to go further and faster, even after she had a face plant into fresh snow.  Three videos here show the progression from going slow to Rachel saying 'go!' and going faster.

Sunday morning we drove to Breckenridge and split our day in half.  While one person downhill skied, the other spent time with Rachel at the Breck nordic center cross country skiing with the chariot.  This proved to be an awesome way to work the day.  Each adult got exercise, time alone, play time with Rachel, and lunch together as a family.  Rachel had a nap after lunch in the chariot and could play at the playground.  Thanks to the Superbowl, the traffic coming home was easy, and it was a fantastic day.


 People always assume that, because I'm from Canada, that I must be used to snow.  This weekend was possibly the most snow I'd ever had, and it was an excitement and a shock after leaving sunny 60 degree Victoria.  The igloo at the Breck nordic center was also the first igloo I've ever seen!