Steamboat 2018

After Christmas, we took our little family to Steamboat Springs to play in the snow.

We all loved the condo . . . especially Wylie.

(although having all three girls in one bedroom NEVER worked out)

One fun surprise about the condo: it had the next Harry Potter movie we needed! So Ramona, Mika, and I had a Harry Potter Movie Night while we were there.

For our first day we got all bundled up to go tubing at Saddleback Ranch

Nom Nom--Lunch at Backdoor Bar and Grill

Day two was ski day. Paula and Wylie went to daycare, Ramona and Mika went to ski school, and Forest and I got a little bit of us time on the slopes.

It was an extremely cold day . . . in fact, I got so cold, I couldn't stop shaking, so at one point we had to take a break from skiing and huddled up in a restaurant to try to warm up. Apparently, I must have looked really bad, because a security guard came over and escorted me to a back room that was supposedly warmer than the waiting area of the restaurant.

The afternoon was better--but we got a couple of calls from the daycare about Wylie refusing to eat and whining a lot. We ended up having to pick him up from daycare early, but got to ride the gondola first.

A few pictures of the girls at the end of their ski school:

Wylie with his snack, finally less whiny after being more or less kicked out of daycare:

Some fun photos before leaving the ski area:

Dinner at Blue Sage Pizza:

At some point on this trip, we also visited the Old Town Hot Springs. We were were worried it would be too cold, but the visit was a surprising success.

The drive home was beautiful: snow-covered pines in a winter wonderland. Despite our reservations about attempting this kind of trip, it ended up being well-worth it.