february=family and friends!

February was filled with visitors. My sister Meg came out for two weeks at the beginning of the month, she left and we had four days to clean the house again, do some laundry, and get ready for our next house guests. One of my best friends from college, Emily, and her husband James came out to visit for about two weeks as well. It was so much fun to have friends and family out here. We did lots of skiing and just hanging out. Emily and James were our good luck charms and brought Aspen lots of deep powder. It has been a long winter thus far, not much snow. Thanks Meg, Emily, and James for coming to visit us. We miss you already!


Me and little sis. Meg skied amazing! She had only been on skis two other times.


Powder Day=Very Happy Carly!!


Nice powder shot James!


Em, I love that you are smiling while you ski!

Slip...Slide... Fall... and a Little Skating Too!

Sounds of non stop giggles and occasional "oofs", sights of gleaming smiles filled the ice rink. I was a brave one and packed up the mini school bus and took my two classes of 5 year olds ice skating (on separate days of course). I also had the help of my wonderful sister Meg. Out of the 31 kids total, only 2 of them had ever been on ice skates before. To see the smiles on their faces made my heart smile. I was responsible for giving these children an experience they may never forget. All of my students by the end of the 40 minutes had learned how to ice skate. Many of them said they wanted to go ice skating with their families. When the field trip was ended with cups of hot chocolate and tired little ones, we loaded back onto the bus. Me driving the bus may have been just as exciting for the kids as the ice skating. A successful two days of just enjoying my students!