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Happy Easter to everyone!  

As I sit here writing from a desk in a hotel room, I'm looking out the window to see snow covered mountains.  It's Spring Break for us and we opted to do something a little different this year.  Brian and I love the mountains, and the kids had never been skiing before.  It was completely logical, then, to go to Colorado.  

Brian and I (and our kids for that matter) have always lived in Illinois.  It's flat there.  You look out into the horizon and see nothing.  Sometimes clouds would form a ridge along the horizon and I would imagine they were mountains off in the distance.  

Mountains are majestic, awe-inspiring and beautiful.  Being close to mountains, or being on one reminds you how small you are and how big they are.  And makes you thank God  that he created them.  

This is our second trip to Colorado as a family.  We flew out here in 2008.  Abigail and Emma were just little midgees then, 7 and 5.  And Isaac was just two.  Brian and I would remark at the beauty of the mountains as we drove through them and the girls were nonplussed.  Although they really enjoyed the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the hike we took to the Flatiron Mountains, so thankfully the trip wasn't a complete bust for them.  

On Saturday, as we began to see the mountains along the horizon, the kids were instantly excited.  And with every mile, the enthusiasm grew.  Until we were driving THROUGH the mountains.  We all couldn't even contain ourselves.  At one point, Brian actually let me and the kids out of the car so we can run up a ridge and take pictures.  

It was cloudy on Saturday when we drove in. 

It was snowing through some of the mountains as we drove through.  Beautiful fluffy snowflakes swirled around us.  

Yesterday we tubed at Copper Mountain.  It was so much fun!  And then we had dinner (notice that even though there is snow on the ground and all around, we aren't wearing coats!) and the kids actually asked for their picture to be taken.  You better believe I took advantage of that!

Blue skies on Sunday!

Their future is bright, isn't it? 

So this morning, we are off to ski.  We are beyond excited.  I'll try to check in again if I can. :)