Gratitude: Safe ski trip with no injuries. The opportunity to stay at a chalet that was much closer to our ski destination. Fun times riding in the golf cart. The Pits: The majority of the way up the Manitou Springs
Gratitude: Beautiful drive to Buena Vista. Fun game night with the Petaks playing 7 Wonders. The Pits: I had a headache during our ski lessons. At first I thought it was altitude sickness, but I’m pretty sure it was caused
Gratitude: Time to walk through a city with my family with minimal complaints. A relatively quiet house and an evening to relax. Weston’s thievery. Story below. The Peaks: It snowed overnight and we woke up to a beautiful scene just
Gratitude: Both boys behaving in church. Traci prompted a mindful moment while we were at Siamese Twin rocks in the Garden of the Gods. Watching the sunset over Pike’s Peak, even though it was cloudy. The Pits: The couple right
Gratitude: Safe travels to Colorado. The Pits: We attempted to do dinner at Rudy’s BBQ, but the line was super long, so we abandoned that idea. Turner told me that he wished I wouldn’t have worn my headphones during the
Gratitude: Opportunity to take a spring break trip with the family. The Pits: We arrived in Colorado around 5:30pm local time (6:30pm CST), and it took nearly an hour to collect our bags and get our rental car (a Toyota
The Pits: The Wilderness. The Peaks: I actually had a reasonably good night of sleep at Wilderness. I woke up and took a quick run and took this pic of the waterslides from the outside. The big orange funnel is
The Pits: The Wilderness at the Smokies. The Peaks: Today was our earliest day. The boys and I had planned to meet Traci around mile 7 of her 20 mile run to bike with her for a little bit and
The Pits: During breakfast, while I was out running and Traci was getting ready, Turner apparently climbed up on the counter and snuck a few Oreo Thins, then “forced” Weston to eat one. After the dust settled from that situation,
The Pits: It’s all good. The Peaks: We started out the day at the Asheville Museum of Science. This was a cool little museum in downtown. They had an impressive mineral exhibit that the boys enjoyed. We did a scavenger