Ice Festival and Family Snow Day

Last weekend, we went to Cripple Creek for their annual Ice festival. Different teams gather and carve objects/people out of ice. They all follow a theme. It was really neat to watch them carve and see all the completed statues. They even had a sculpture you could sled down and one that was a maze. We didn't do the sledding one after watching people fly off it! Presley loved running through the ice maze and even sat in a chair out of ice. It was a neat festival. We didn't realize quite how far away the town was or that we would basically drive up and around a mountain (the Ute Pass) on our way there. The drive was amazing, so pretty, a bit scary at times, but well worth it! From someone who has never lived around mountains and lots of snow, it really never gets old!

We got to enjoy a long President's Day weekend with Cameron being off Friday and Monday. By Tuesday morning when he went to work, the kids were both sad and looked for him all day. Thursday, he had work cancelled all day due to the snow. We got between 6-8" at our house. Cameron went out to shovel and I took the kids out to play for a bit. Our awesome neighbors had a snow blower and some extra hands so they came over and helped him finish shoveling the driveway and sidewalks in no time. Presley played a good bit, but the snow was so high that David could barely walk in it without falling over. He was so mad when I brought him back in. He loves to be outside, no matter the weather!  We've heard that February and March get the most winter weather out here.  Thankfully, the sun melted a lot of the snow later that afternoon so we were back to dance class and our regular routine Friday. Today, we got blowing snow, they call it. It's tough to say how much has already come down this morning, but we're supposed to get between 1-6". It's coming down so heavy right now, it's crazy to watch.