Sledding & Snowed In

Sledding…

We have been getting snow quite a bit the past few weeks. Nothing crazy (today is another story), but enough to go have some fun sledding. Between Wed night & Thursday morning, I think we got about 6 inches give or take. Anyway, Thursday is our busy day between getting Owen to school, taking Autumn to gymnastics, and back to get Owen, so needless to say we didn’t get to have much playing in the snow that day. Plus it was way too cold to be outside. With that said, Friday had a high of 40 and some sunshine so I decided I better take advantage and go do some sledding with the kids. This was actually both kids first time sledding, crazy I know, especially after living here all winter. Every time we get enough snow to sled, something always comes up and we never make it out. I was a bit nervous taking them by myself since I really didn’t know how it would go with two kids, two sleds, and only one set of hands, but much to my surprise it went flawlessly! The kids LOVED it and were both very independent , meaning they didn’t need much assistance (especially Owen). We had bought them both a sled, long johns, and snow suits for Christmas so we were SO excited to finally be putting them to use two months later. Better late than never I guess. They have both been begging to go back so I guess sledding was a total success, and since we already have a foot of snow from last night (with more snow continuing to fall) I think another round of sledding will be in our very near future, hopefully with Daddy this time :) Here are some pictures I somehow managed to get.

So we live right next to a shopping center and there is a big open space right behind the shopping center. It’s not labeled as an actual ‘sledding hill’ but it is the PERFECT sledding hill and no one is EVER there. We had the entire place to ourselves. There are two different hills, a really steep big hill and a smaller less steep hill. PERFECT for a 4 and 2 year old. They mainly stayed going down the small hill until about an hour in and their confidence levels were beaming and then they wouldn’t stop going down the big hill. I have to admit, made me crazy nervous watching Owen fly down the big hill. He is usually my more timid child but he was fearless out there. He also isn’t a big fan of cold weather, but I had to bribe him to leave and we were there for over 1.5 hours. Crazy kiddos!

The sleds we got them were awesome (Brandon's choice, way to go babe). They are so lightweight so it was very easy for Owen to carry them up the hill all by himself. Owen was seriously a pro out there, went up and down the hill all on his own!

Autumn had a great time too and absolutely LOVES the snow and cold cold weather. She needed more assistance since her poor little legs are so short trying to walk in the snow, but she did SO awesome and laughed hysterically every time she went down the hill.

Of course they had to try going down together a few times.

 

After all the sledding fun, we warmed up with some nice Hot Chocolate topped with Marshmallows…

:)

Snowed In:

As I mentioned above that we’ve been getting a little snow here the past few weeks but nothing major…well, that all changed today. This morning we woke up to about 8 inches on the ground and the snow just keeps coming and coming. I think we are up to about 14 inches now with it still continuing to come down. The wind is supposed to pick up to 40 mph this afternoon so it will most likely turn into a blizzard out there. It is freezing but o so pretty out there :) Today is finally meeting my Colorado Winter Weather expectations, Yay! Did I mention I LOVE LOVE LOVE the snow?!?! With all that said, the kids and I are having a wonderful pj day snuggled up by the fire, watching cartoons, Painting, and building tents (or forts is your Brandon) out of sheets. If Brandon wasn’t at work this would be the absolute best ‘snowed in’ family day ever :)

This is the view out of Autumn’s window. Soooooooo pretty!!!!

Cartoon Watching by the fire with my babies <3

Painting with Q-Tips.

Tent or Fort, whatever you wanna call it.

 

To sum this blog up, “Just some BEAUTIFUL Winter Days in Colorado”!

Colorado Avalanche Game

This past Monday was a super fun family day. If you don’t already know, Brandon LOVES hockey, so you can imagine how excited he was for that stinkin strike to be over with. We found out there was a 1pm game on Presidents Day, and since it happened to be Brandon’s day off we decided to jump at the opportunity to go to a game mid day as a family. We bought a family pack that included 4 seats, 4 meals and 4 drinks back in January. As you can imagine, Owen has been counting down the days up until game day for about 30+ days. Honestly, every morning he would calculate in his head how many for days until the Hockey Game. He woke up really early the morning of because he was filled with so much excitement that there were zero days left. He also shares Brandon’s big love for hockey, he is hooked to the TV when hockey is on. Since it was such a special family day outing we decided to ride the light rail to the Pepsi Center Downtown. The Light Rail is a Public Transit Train that goes all over the city of Denver and the Metro Areas. Owen & Autumn have been dying to ride it since we moved here so we decided what better day to ride it then to the big Hockey Game! I can not explain how much fun we had. The kids were so well behaved and completely entertained the entire game. They LOVED it and Daddy was on cloud 9 watching his kiddos share in his love for hockey. I have to admit, NHL games are super fun, I can’t wait to go again! Here are some pictures from our very fun filled family day.

Before we left, we took a few Family Pictures all dressed in our Avalanche Gear…

Best Family Photo in quite sometime. Rare to have us all looking AND smiling. Yay!

I love my silly family :)

 

Owen quickly ran to the map upon arriving to the Light Rail station to see what Line we needed to take. This kid is so smart and was so excited to find out that we had to switch Lines half way there. That was like 2 train rides instead of 1 to him! P.S. we went on one of the coldest days in a long time hints why we were SO bundled up. It was 30 degrees and WINDY, it was freezing with that darn wind!

My loves on the Light Rail.

When we arrived to the Pepsi Center we walked into the lobby to discover it was Bernie’s Big Birthday Bash. Who is Bernie? The St. Bernard Mascot for the Colorado Avalanche. Since it was his Birthday Bash, they had about 5 different NHL Mascot’s there signing autographs along with Bernie. Autumn was pretty much terrified of all the Mascots, but Owen loved it and made sure to get a few Autographs on his Poster.

Once we found our seats and got settled, we went to get our free lunch before the game started. The kids both got a Personal Pan Pizza and a Pepsi. This is a big deal because I never let them get caffeinated drinks (sprite is usually the only soda they get) so this was a really special day.

Intermission Pee Wee Hockey Vs. NHL Mascots

Noise Maker Fan & Cotton Candy = The Perfect Combo for a Hockey Game!

Since the game was at 1pm and we had to catch the 11:45am train to get there, Autumn did not get a nap in. We didn’t end up leaving until close to 4pm and you would have never known she didn’t nap. She was so happy and filled with joy (and lots of sugar) the whole time. They were both awesome! With that said, on our 8 minute drive home from the light rail they were BOTH out!

Lol.

So happy holding their 1st Colorado Avalanche Certificates!

I’d say this was a VERY awesome Family Fun Day. So happy and blessed to be able to do these things with our kiddos :)

O yeah and GOOOOOOOOO AVALANCHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!