Sleigh Ride: The Coldest Night Ever!

Our very last night in Breckenridge we planned a horse drawn sleigh ride to one of the Breckenridge peaks to enjoy a wonderful dinner in a "yurt!" I still don't know what technically a "yurt" is however it WAS super warm and comfy. Now the ride up and down the mountain, in the sleigh, was fun but definitely NOT warm. At 8:30PM, once we returned to the base, the temperature measured 1 degree. Needless to say, we were bundled up like we were hitting the slopes that fun night!

 Dancing in the yurt after dinner!

 Saying good-bye to our wonderful horses.



Boreas Pass.

The number one thing to do in Breckenridge on Trip Advisor (my favorite travel website) was to drive the Boreas Pass. In my nearly dozen trips to Breckenridge, I had never done that before. The day was gorgeous and perfectly clear and Blake just started driving. It wasn't five minutes before we were at the top looking down at the quaint and picturesque town of Breckenridge, Co.

 This trip, Carter was fascinated with finding icicles. He would find 4-5 feet ones hanging from the roofs of condos and houses. We would let him grab ones from parked cars to examine more closely!

Ice Skating In Breckenridge!

On our last full day, we decided to take time to do somethings we had never done before nor that we would want to do in South Texas. Although there are ice skating rinks in San Antonio, there's something off about walking in out of the 90 degree heat and wearing shorts that take the appeal away. Breckenrige had an awesome community ice rink less than a mile from our condo that we were thrilled to play at this particular morning.

Skiing: All About Carter! (With Videos)

Carter's second season skiing was perfection! He is at such a great age and LOVES this sport SO MUCH! The first day at Breck we opted to sign him up for ski school in a small group of three. He was in the third level (highest) of his age group of 6 and 7 and at the end of the day, the instructors agreed he needed to be at a higher age group (this is for our future ski trip outing notes.) We dropped him off at 8:30AM and Blake picked him at 3PM for another full hour on the slopes with until 4:30 PM. He is a skiing machine and I loved seeing him warm up by the fire afterwards while listening to all his stories from the day's new adventures!

After the first day of ski school, the next full day Blake and he skied together. After literally flying down several green runs, Blake took him straight to the blues. Carter quickly realized he couldn't fly down the blues quite as fast as the greens. As far as moguls, he flies through them like a natural and actually preferred the harder blue mogul filled runs to the blues that were straight down. It is with ease that he navigates through them and actually skis with better form having to actually turn.

Skiing: All About Addie! (With "I Did It All By Myself!" Video)

It was just nine months since Addie's first introduction to skiing in Park City, Utah. She knew what to expect but getting ski boots on is TOUGH work! Good thing I was 31 weeks pregnant and had to leave it to daddy. 

 Her brother (back left of following picture and dad) were never far away.

She went down the tiny hill with the magic carpet nearly ten times before announcing she was ready for the big hill, just above.

 This was one of those priceless moments I want to always remember when she raised her hands up and shouted, "Mom, I didn't know skiing was going to be THIS much fun!!!"

 She was quickly doing the magic carpet all by herself.

 Next was the "pony pole lift" and Addie did that two or three times, skiing down the BIG hill all by herself.

 I was so unbelievably proud of my big girl!

 Her brother giving her a big congratulatory hug...

 And her dad helping carry the big time skier back into the warmth after nearly two hours of skiing to enjoy herself some hot chocolate.