Silver Mountain 2019

Happy Monday from our winter wonderland! We are still stuck on several feet of snow, so instead of complaining about it (which I tend to do this time of year), we embraced it and headed for the mountains!

I have been wanting to get Lincoln up skiing for over a year now and two weekends ago we made it happen. We headed up to Silver Mountain in Kellog, ID, about 70 miles east of Spokane and stayed with some friends. Lincoln and his little friend Zeke were signed up for an early morning ski lesson on Saturday and then we had plans to take them to the Water Park Sunday morning.

The ski lesson was a HUGE hit and the boys had wanted to keep skiing. I wish we had rented skis for ourselves to keep them out longer because they loved it so much, but we didn't. We had to compensate with donuts and hot cocoa and then headed back down the mountain for them to play in their snow cave!

The next day we took everyone to the water park at the Silver Mountain Resort and this was a HUGE hit as well! The boys did not want to leave the water and we played for a solid 4 hours before having to head back home.

Needless to say, I think we have a little shredder in the making. Can't wait for more snow adventures as both boys grow and get bigger!

Silver Mountain Brewsfest

This past weekend, my girlfriends and I headed out to Kellogg, Idaho to celebrate my friend's birthday. We spent two whole days kiddo free and acting like we were 25 again. It was glorious!

We spent the first night in, reliving our college days, drinking Rose, eating popcorn and M&Ms and watching one too many episodes of Sex and the City. We even got our face mask on to try and get rid of those tired mom eyes.

The next day we headed up the mountain for Brewsfest! For the past 20 years, Silver Mountain has held a brew festival at the top of the mountain every August. About 25 breweries and cider houses show up to sample their wares. We headed up on the gondola, the longest in the world, around 1PM and were ready to get our beer on!

We hadn't even been there for 10 minutes when I got stung by a bee! Luckily, I'm not allergic so it didn't damper our fun, but it still stings and itches 2 days later. We spent about 4 hours at brewfest, sampling the various beers and ciders, snacking on delicious food and enjoying our kiddo free afternoon.

Afterwards we jumped back on the gondola to head back downtown for a few more drinks before calling it a night. We are definitely getting older and were home just shortly after 8 PM. A wild Saturday night for sure.

All in all, it was a wonderful girls getaway, celebrating our favorite girl!