Crested Butte!

During MLK weekend, my parents, Tony, Owen, and I flew out to Colorado to visit my brother, Matt, in Crested Butte. Matt moved out there just a few months ago and wasn't able to make it home for Thanksgiving or Christmas so it was so great to be able to see him and see where he works and plays! He works at a beautiful ski resort called Elevation and he was able to get us some sweet deals on ski rentals & lift tickets.

We had an AWESOME time out there spending time with him, skiing, eating absoultely wonderful food, and relaxing. Owen did such a great job on the airplane (I was a little worried!) too which only made things better. He wasn't super crazy about the cold weather, but when we bundled him up he was a great sport about it. It was a bit challenging, because CO time is 2 hours behind us so it was interesting trying to juggle his schedule with the local time out there. About the time we'd head out to dinner every night was just getting to be bed time at home and Owen fell asleep more than once inside of Tony's coat :) It was so precious!

Owen was of course way too little to get out on the slopes, but we did take him tubing which he absolutely LOVED! He squealed and laughed all the way down the hill and then as soon as we finished, he started babbling, telling us all about it :) He also loved the indoor pool. It was heated, but for some reason the days we took him swimming, it wasn't heated nearly enough. He started shivvering a little bit, but still wanted to stay in the water. We let him for a little bit, but then to warm him up a little, let him dangle his toes in the hot tub. He loved the jets and the bubbles they made.

The skiing was so wonderful too. I skiied mostly with my mom & Tony, but got to go down a run or two with my brother when he wasn't working which was fun. He snowboards on the double blacks mostly and Tony went down those with him some, but I am NOT a double black skiier ;) Dad wasn't crazy about skiing so he stuck mostly to the spa & workout center and also went snowmobiling with Matt one day. We took turns going out on the slopes so that someone was always there to watch Owen and it worked out fabulously--an excellent time was had by all!

Crested Butte is SO, SO beautiful!!! As my friend Renee put it, "Colorado is like God's work on steroids!" That statement is so true. It was an act of worship just to stand on the mountain and take in all of God's glorious creation. Words and pictures cannot describe how beautiful it truly is.