One of the benefits of being a public school teacher is recieving Spring Break. Our Spring Break happened to fall over Easter this year so I had Good Friday off as well as the whole next week. Since we probably won't be taking a summer vacation we decided to drive to Denver, CO to visit some close friends and give Braden and Joe the chance to do a bit of skiing. We started out the Thursday night before Good Friday and arrived in Denver Friday morning. The trip out went extremely well, we drove straight through!! We headed up to the mountains on Sat. We stayed at a condo in Winter Park. The Easter Bunny still found us on Sunday morning but only left candy and a note made out to the kids saying their present was back in Illinois. We then took Braden to ski school and Joe went skiing with a friend. Kyra and I hung out at the base of the mountain. We visited with the Easter Bunny and went on an easter egg hunt. I was the over protective mother so I was constantly checking on Braden at his school. I think he loved it, he told his teacher he did not want to eat lunch because he wanted to go back outside. He also decided that Joe and I should buy him his own skis and accessories. We didn't, but he did look pretty cute with everything on it was tempting. On Monday, Braden insisted on going down the big mountain with Joe. I think this was by far Joe's longest run ever! By the end of the day Braden was able to stay standing the whole time and he figured out how to turn so he could go where he wanted. We headed back to Denver on Monday night and enjoyed 65+ degree weather for Tuesday and Wed. While in Denver we visited the Science and Nature Museum and the kids and I went to the Children's museum. We then drove back to Iowa on Thursday. Again a pretty peaceful drive. I am thankful my kids are pretty good in the car!! TV's really help! Enjoy the pictures!
Mandy
