Flash Back!

I heard several news stations talk about how the war began 5 years ago last week. And my mind immediately thought back to where I was. I like to do that with major events and small ones. I like to think back to what I was doing, and how similiar or different life was, even if it's just a year back.

Of course as I travel across time in my mind I sometimes find myself thinking back on sad times, or funny stories, great memories or not so fond ones. Either way, I still enjoy the traveling.

So back to 5 years ago. It was Spring Break. I was not in school where Spring Break really mattered, but was inbetween jobs so I was able to join Jason on a trip with a friends' youth group. It was not a youth group from a church that we attended, but J was asked to go, and so I was going to tag along. (We were dating at the time.) So we drove to Colorado in vans and arrived late one night. We were all staying at the youth pastor's brothers' home...all 25 of us! We got in just in time to crash on the floor, but no worries because in just a matter of hours we would be in the bliss of snow-covered mountains.

Well. We woke up the next morning to snow. The start of a blizzard had begun. And I'll skip all the details to just tell you the kind of blizzard this was.

Denver received 31 inches of snow, and the Rocky Mountains a record setting 87 inches. They had not had snow fall like that since 1913!

So instead of skiing, here's a few things that we did:

*Shoveled snow because we couldn't go anywhere...couldn't see or find the cars parked outside.

*Jillynn and I wrapped trash bags around our shoes (homeade snow boots) so that we could walk around and get some fresh air. Literally! We were all sharing 2 bathrooms.

*Played way too many games of spades.

*Watched the war begin on t.v.

*Watched our friends drive away in their rental car, leaving us there to suffocate. Okay, that's a little exagerrated, but not by much.

Finally, the roads cleared enough for us to:

*Go to the mall too many times. I've never hated shopping so much in my life.

*Go to the indoor pool where J would bust his ear drum.

*Spend hours at the Emergency Room. (see previous)

*Drink way too much Starbucks coffee.

*Drive HOME!!!

So there was no skiing for us, but we have been able to go skiing a couple of times since then. I only have pictures of last year's Spring Break on this computer so I'll post a few of those. I was 34 weeks pregnant with Preston so you won't see me on the slopes!

Yikes! Got a little too friendly with the snow.

In the town of Breckenridge
Carolyn Scott made these. They happen to be my favorite cookie. These may or may not have been a contributing factor to Preston weighing 8 1/2 lbs!! I'll never say....



J and I with coffee in hand, of course!