snow!

last weekend we were so lucky to be able to go up to pinecrest for a few days. ben's parents went up before us and got it all ready for us (SOOO nice, thank you!) and then my sister and her family met us up there! it all came together so last minute but we had so much fun. the kids and ben had been sick all week before (read prior post) and we were all seriously crawling the walls. we needed to get out of dodge, so we went!

somehow my sister and her family were able to find the perfect rental car for an amazing deal and were able to get away for a few days, too! we arrived on friday and stayed through monday. the kids had so much fun in the snow.
jake had a blast just face planting in the powder, rubbing it on his face, throwing snowballs at everyone... the girls preferred to shoot down the boat launch ramp on the snowboogies. cat and i ventured out on snowshoes (oy) in deep, powdery snow. what a workout.

at night we made fancy dinners (pink dinner for valentine's day, courtesy cat!) and busied ourselves with dominoes. we had such an amazing time. we're hoping to get back up there in a couple of weeks if ben doesn't have classes. i love the snow! (for a few days, anyway!)

**UPDATE - I had to add a video that my sister, Cat, took while sledding down the boat launch ramp at the lake. The sweet giggles you hear in the video are her 4 year-old daughter's, Annika. This video makes me laugh every time!!