old place, new adventures

we spent our holiday weekend in kernville, as we usually do.  but especially this weekend when there was a storm coming in that was sure to bring some beautiful soft snow to the mountains.

saturday morning i did my 5k training in the morning and then packed up the car and headed north.  we don't usually leave during the day.  we like to leave at night after dinner.  that way the kids fall asleep and we have a quiet car ride.  but not this time.  it's weird to see this road during the daylight.  not much to see but it all looks the same in the dark.  so it's nice to see what we drive past during the day.

we stopped for lunch at chipotle.  this was my drink cup.  chips are definitely a trigger food for me, so this cup said it all.  you had me at "chips are rad!"

and the view from my side mirror was breathtaking.

we made it to kernville in time for a nap and dinner at that's italian.  we've never been there and were so excited to try it out.

bobby tried the chicken with a strawberry cream sauce. interesting.

 that potato fritter thing was yummy.

the kids slurped spaghetti and meatballs. typical andrew pose.

it poured down rain while we were in the restaurant and then it started snowing, lightly.  it was beautiful but didn't last very long.

sunday, we slept in and then went to the snow.  we've been to this section before but this time the snow was fresh, powdery, and glistening.

of course there was sledding.

building forts.

snowball fights.

eating snow?

it was quite cold.  after lunch we went home. d and i went into town for some antique shopping and to check out the fair.

monday i talked bobby into going for a 3 mile run.  ok, he out ran me, even though i'm the one doing the training.  but i was happy just to have done it.  i didn't realize how much the altitude would affect me. i was beat by the time we got back.

we met the family for breakfast at the chatterbox cafe.  i had never been here before.  the usual greasy spoon with great pancakes and some louisianna fare.  bobby was adventurous and ordered this.

alligator skillet.  i was surprised he wanted to try it.  and about an hour later he regretted it.  the sausage is made of alligator meat. kind of fishy tasting, sweet and spicy.  everyone tried it.  even andrew. no thanks.  i'll stick with this breakfast burrito that was my breakfast and dinner.

when i downloaded the photos off my camera i found this gem.

she cracks me up.

this kids took this one of us.

after a much needed shower, bobby and his dad took the quads out to the snow.  too cold for me. i stayed back with the kids and finished my book.

he wasn't sure if it was the run, the windy roads or the alligator skillet that did him in.

then we played a game of scrabble.

see that word right in the middle - "inquires"?  that gave me a scrabble and won me the game at over 350 points.  it was a much needed win after a defeat the night before even though i had scored 78 points in one turn.  i was bitter and needed this win.

we headed home around 6pm.  sofia fell asleep right away.  the boys stayed up and we talked the whole way home.  we had some great conversations on this road and some wonderful memories from the weekend.