I owe a huge thanks to Lori Winters and her brother Jeff Paschal for letting us rent their awesome Keystone townhouse for Spring Break. It was 3 bed, 2 bath with lots of great living space and super close to the slopes. We ended up driving to the mountain all but one day because it was easier than waiting on the shuttle. I broke a chair on day 1 at the townhouse, but luckily Grant was able to repair it and I think it is stronger than ever.
Dan and Luke were kind to squeeze in 2 days with us in between their trips to New York and Florida. We were the icing of their Spring Break Oreo. The Cherkassky boys got into town late Tuesday night and left Friday morning and we made the most of 2 days skiing, tunneling in the snow, watching basketball, and hanging out.
Luke said his favorite was skiing, specifically with Colton on the trails and racing against Ranger. He also had fun digging tunnels in the snow outside our condo. Colton said his favorite was also building snow forts with Luke and Ranger and also going through the ski trails with Luke.
We were also able to connect for one day of skiing with Dan, Henry, and Lydia Westcott. They came over to Keystone and we met at the top at the ice fort and were able to get lunch together and then skit a few runs in the afternoon.
On Thursday I slipped away to go meet a few friends from my book club at Sweet Basil in Vail. We had so much fun! Maryann, Erin Geary, Jane, and Leah were all able to slip away from their family ski trips for an afternoon of laughs and great food. And Maryann almost bought a puppy!
We missed Cadie, but she was having a fabulous time in Kansas City with Aunt Kathy and Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Weldon. My Mom and Dad were there for a few days too and here is what my Mom texted me, "Know you must really miss your daughter this week. But I believe she in in the exact right place now. She is having such a good time getting to know her great grandparents and collecting more books. Kathy, Cadence, Ron and I went to dinner last night and had such a special time together. Then we went to see Margaret and Weldon again it was a very special time. Weldon was very engaged and your daughter was delightful. We laughed and just had such a good time together. I have never seen her more excited to do anything like she loves these books. We might be looking at a future librarian. And she's so happy. Makes my heart sing to see her engage with her great grandparents and enjoy herself so much. Hope you're having as much fun as she is, we love you."
On our last evening we went to the Silverthorne rec center and it was so fun! We would definitely go back. It had a water slide, climbing wall that could could climb and then fall into the pool, hot tub and 3 different types of pools. Dan told us about it and I can't believe we didn't know about it before.
Of course, we stopped in Amarillo on the way home and had dinner at the Big Texan. It was packed, but our hotel was right next door so we were able to walk back over when it was almost our turn. We listened to the "Project Hail Mary" audiobook on the way home and Colton was especially enthralled.
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