Scenes from Crested Butte

We got a few inches of snow on Monday night and had a variety of weather conditions on Tuesday and then a bluebird day today. Here are a few pics of our Crested Butte experience. What a great mountain! 

 

 

 

T-man and his friend doing laps on the hill. He was loving skiing this trip and was rocking it! 

Drinks at the Umbrella bar on Tuesday 

 

Bluebird day and fun skiing together today 

 

The view (and Marshall) 

 

Waffles! 

 

The boys "droppin' in" to the terrain park 

 

A well deserved Shirley Temple 

 

Another trip to the Umbrella bar with good friends - think I got some ☀️ 

 

 

Games and basketball watching at the condo 

 Sunset on the mountains 

 

Go 'Noles!

These are two words I didn't think I would ever utter. And yet, when your cousin's daughter is on the team and in the elite 8 on ESPN, you can actually cheer pretty loudly for FSU. Unfortunately, they didn't make it to the final four, but it was fun watching them try. And Chatrice had a great game with 15 points. Go 'Noles! 

 

Go #50! 

 

Crested Butte Day 1

What a wonderful first day at Mt. Crested Butte. Marshall and Claudia skied all day together. T-man and I skied with neighbors all day - except for the last run of the day that we skied together which was special. D-man skied with our friend Perry on the hard stuff in the afternoon. 

Surprisingly, we all ended up at the same spot for lunch and then we all wrapped up with a drink at the unbrella bar.  Pretty good snow and mostly sunny all day - woohoo! 

A beer in the hot (warm?) tub and then an easy lasagna dinner made for a cozy night in at the condo. 

 

 

Ready for the day! 

 

Skiing all day! 

 

The troops 

Enjoying lunch 

 

Skiing the hard stuff 

 

Steep! 

 

Hot tub with a view! 

 

Spring Break Kick Off

We pulled out of the driveway a few minutes before 11 - woohoo! Marshall picked out a fun spot for lunch - a brewery in Fairplay. We had some beers, played board games and had some grub. We arrived in Crested Butte around 4:30 and had a lazy evening of board games and chilling. An easy casserole dinner made the evening even more relaxing. We're ready for spring break! 

 

Road trip! Not sure how we got everything in the car 

 

Pretty view on the drive 

 

Brewery lunch 

 

View from our condo 

 

View the other direction 

A manhattan to get me through the game of Life with T-man and Claudia. Man we laughed a lot.  

Road Trippin' for Cranes

A last minute decision to make a road trip to Kearney to meet Mom and Dad to see the cranes today filled the rest of my week. I left at 9:00 and (of course got Runza on the way. 

We got to Kearney around 3:00, checked into the hotel (a very nice one), got some food and had a drink. Then we headed to the river to make sure we had a parking spot. We watched the birds in the fields, had some drinks and snacks and waited for the birds to come to the river for the evening. It was such a nice evening (a bit windy) and a memorable experience. 

We wrapped up the evening with some takeout and NCAA basketball. So glad we made it work. As we often say...... last minute plans are often the best. 

 

 

Getting ready 

 

The Jean Karlen "coffee" cup 

 

 

 

Those dots are birds! 

 

 

  

Wednesday Tradition

Marshall's work from home day is Wednesday. On Wednesdays, D-man gets to go school at the "regular time" so we can sleep in. Wednesdays have also become my day to go out and do things - skiing and golfing mostly. And with Marshall home, we've also been going to happy hour on Wednesdays. This "final Wednesday" was no different. Sleeping in; golfing; and happy hour.  Wednesdays have become my favorite day of the week - I will miss them. 

 

 

Golf!

 

 

We had the place to ourselves for the first hour 

 

Family = Happy

Every morning when I make my coffee, I see the side of our fridge. 

 

It's a great reminder of all the amazing family we have. Love you all! 

St. Patty's at Mudrocks

Oh the beauty of not working - heading to the bar at 4:00 to make sure to save our table. Marshall worked from home so he was also able to join earlier than if he had been in Denver. T-man joined later when the kids came and D-man stayed at home watching sports with his friend. 

It was a casual night and good people and a of couple birthday celebrations as well. Oh, and an Irish car bomb...... 

 

Happy hour! 

  

Playing pool 

 

 

Car bombs! 

March Madness is Right

D-man watching basketball at school and getting his phone taken away? 

80 degree temps in March? 

Cocktails on the porch? 

Me still not working? 

T-man focused on homework? 

Picture in picture on the TV? 

Madness is right! 

 

 

 

 

Perspective

We've been talking a lot about perspective at our house these days. D-man had to interview an adult about dealing with stress and one of the coping mechanisms we talked about was using perspective. After what I felt was a not  so great interview yesterday, I was sitting upstairs thinking about it and D-man came up and said "perspective, Mom." 

Tonight at a Meet Up I attended, the woman had some good messages and also had a slide that said..... perspective. 

While I'm very aware of how good we have it, it's goo to be reminded. And a day on the golf course with a good friend in 76 degree weather also helps. 

 

Great day on the course with Alana