this is what you do in a small town on a saturday night. ice skating by headlights. it was a very fun time, we had about 20 people on the ice rink until 10 pm. the husband brought a firepit down and we had smores and hot dogs. when we got home, big j told his dad "you smell like bacon strips." ah, that smokey fire smell. there's nothing like it.

on sunday, 4 families from montrose went to great bear, a little bump of a ski hill and had a great time on the slope. yes, i said slope, but it was still very fun and the weather rocked. i can tell my boys are spoiled with their montana and colorado vacations--they wanted to know where the rest of the mountain was. honestly, i doesn't matter to me much. as long as it's nice outside and there is snow to ski on, i'll take what we can get. i think that by the end of the day, they felt the same way.

the best part? you've never seen two kids sleep harder than ours did after a weekend like this.