I picked the boys up from school and we headed up to Snowmass for the Mardi Gras celebration. As we ran up the hill from the car we were amazed at the skiers leaving who were so draped in beads I worried that there were none left for the boys. Getting closer we were forewarned by other moms of the aggressive crowd who seemed to be going for the gold by catching as many of the 24,000 beads as they could. It was all about quantity. I just love when the energy of an event gets me so excited that I can hardly stand myself and the mall for...
read moreI was singing like a bird yesterday morning with everything moving like clockwork. It was going to be my first day spent without the children. Coffee was brewing and pancakes were steaming. Axel and Brevitt woke up early so that they could get to Mountain Boarding camp on time and Tucker had gone to sleep talking about the Bouncy House that he was going to jump on all the next day. I looked outside and it was sunny for the first time in months and my bike was sitting outside waiting for me to take off on it. It was going to be a perfect...
read moreToday we went to a “Free Lunch Day,” in Basalt, the town closest to us. Wade was in disbelief that anybody would be giving lunch away for free, but free it was. It was so crowded that we never made it past the first block. I really love living in a small town community where everybody knows one another. Wade and I socialized as the boys played in the bouncy house. Brevitt resisted at first but joined in which made me happy to see. We descended to the river to skip stones and I proceeded to fall fast asleep. I never nap, but I...
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