highs & lows
high: we took a quick family vacation to a little mountain resort this weekend with some friends to celebrate a birthday.
low: it was too quick – I could have stayed way longer.
high: packing up the six of us with all of our snow gear, clothes, blankies, snacks, waterbottles and gadgets {laptop, ipad, ipod, phones, video camera and regular camera – geesh!} went smoothly and relatively quickly on saturday morning.
low: while this packing was taking place, Audrey found a pair of scissors and gave her hair a trim. Two chunks of her beautiful blonde hair right from the front – now gone. Boo.
high: on the way up the mountain we ran into longtime friends who just had a baby. I got to meet {and hold} sweet Memphis. She has the most amazing thick head of hair. I hope she never finds scissors.
low: we don’t get to see those friends often enough.
high: hotel-stays are super fun for kids. And parents. Walking into a clean hotel room with crisp sheets knowing you don’t have to do a thing to clean it is the best.
low: we made a real mess of the place within minutes with our snow gear, clothes, blankies, snacks, waterbottles and gadgets. P.S. we didn’t even use half of the gadgets.
high: I ordered a salad from room service because I was so hungry and wanted something other than a granola bar or fruit leather.
low: it cost a small fortune.
high: it was really good.
low: i missed out on iceskating with the group to put a cranky almost two year old to bed.
high: I really love hanging out with that almost two year old.
low: she never went to sleep
high: the boys came back from skating and we ended up hanging out in our friends’ room until 11:00 and the kids were champs. I also love hanging out with our friends.
low: ate too much pizza + birthday treats and went to bed feeling blah.
high: best husband ever got up with the kids, took them to the lobby to drink coffee and play chess while I slept in until TEN O’CLOCK! Amazing.
low: I missed out on coffee and chess in the lobby
high: went sledding
low: we’re having a crazy winter here and there was barely any snow. What we had was crusty and slippery, but it was snow.
high: very few things are funnier than watching grown men throw themselves down a slippery, crusty hill on a small bright blue plastic saucer.
low: our lunch took a long time to make it to our table and we were a hungry group.
high: I had grilled flatbread, fancy cheese and a whole head of roasted garlic and it was worth the wait. Yum.
low: the 11:00 bedtime caught up with my littlest ones and so we had to take a distraction walks to keep from major restaurant meltdowns
high: we finished off our weekend with a quick swim in the pool {with a few runs down the water slides and mostly chilling in the hot tub}
low: we had to leave this dreamy place.
Family getaways are great. We should really do it more often.
And because a post is always better with a photo, here are a few of my favorites from our sledding extravaganza.
{do you see that chunk of super short hair right there in the front? Yep. That’s one of the chunks now missing}
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And this next one is okay – but has way too many shadows. It reminds me of just a regular snapshot you can get of your family. Without editing, it is fine, but with some editing, it turned out great.
