Assssspen.

(the title of this post is supposed to remind you of the movie 

Dumb and Dumber, I kept quoting this movie to Reece during the

whole trip, but unfortunately I was the only one laughing)

Reece and I took a road trip to Aspen to go skiing and visit friends for

out valentines day get away. We listened to the first of the Mistborn series

on tape while we drove, oooo I have good memories of the drive now, thats

such a fascinating book.

 We stayed the first night in snow mass at a cosy little condo, 

we went skiing the next morning. We went on the longest run, 5 miles!

you take a chairlift most of the way but then have to hike up the rest of 

mountain. The hiking was all exposed windy and extremely cold, kind of 

miserable actually. I was getting over a major flu and cold so I was getting

tired very easily. We then skied down, it took two hours. We went slow and

I also had to stop frequently because I didn't feel 100% but I still wanted to 

say I skied at aspen.

Afterwards we went and soaked in the Glenwood hot springs, it felt

sooooo good. Warmed our frigid bodies and soothed my sick aching 

body.

Then we toured Aspen's downtown. We window shopped the fancy shops

and had some yummy BBQ for lunch.

We then met up with my friend Angie and some of her friends for dinner

in Vail. It was absolutely wonderful to catch up with her, she can 

always make me laugh till my sides hurt. We then drove to Denver,

it was a snowy night and I was developing some pretty painful canker 

sores and a sore throat, so we were relieved when we pulled in to stay

at the four seasons down town. The room was so luxurious and calming.

It is such a beautiful hotel.

our sinks in the bathroom even glowed. 

The next morning we met up for breakfast with my other amazing girlfriends

Kate and Ali. I LOVED catching up with them and hearing about their life in 

Denver (Menver). I miss them in UT but Im so glad they are having such a great 

time in CO. 

I was able to give all these gals christmas presents that I had picked up

for them on our trip last summer. I gave them beautiful painted leather 

fans I had bartered for on the beach in Bali, and a CD since Ive been making

my friends mixes since we were in high school.

Afterwards we drove through some neighborhoods to get a good look at Denver 

before we drove back home.

Unsinkable Molly Brown's house.

The capital building. It was such a beautiful day. 

Driving home was fun... pleasant weather, nice roads, and we were able

to finish our book on tape and loved it. Happy Valentines Sweetheart!