It was unbelievable – we had a completely quiet weekend with no birthday parties, no playdates, no nothin‘ planned! Whatever were we to do with ourselves??? B and I mulled over our options – the responsible thing to do was to stay home, do laundry, run errands, clean out closets, get some yard/housework done, hit the gym, etc. Now as lovely as that all sounded, we decided to throw our bags in the car and get the heck out of town! We picked the girls up from school Friday afternoon and headed straight to the mountains.

It’s a Meyer-tradition to stop in Idaho Springs on our way up to Breckenridge. It’s about half-way and the girls are usually antsy to get out of the car and are ready for dinner. We love Tommy Knockers Brewery! The girls share a kids meal and B and I share a grilled cheese. It’s such a guilty pleasure! If we start talking about a trip up to Breck, my stomach starts growling for that grilled cheese. Yes, it’s that good!

Annabelle has learned to cheers and loves to clink glasses. She tries to get her sister to do a milk cheers with her, but GG just looks at her like she’s nuts as Annabelle knocks her cup off the table. Fortunately for Annabelle she doesn’t have to look far for a willing participant with a beer in hand.

GG is so easy to take out to eat! She is a great eater and you will rarely hear a peep out of her. She just smiles and plays and gets lots of attention from the wait staff because she fills her cheeks like a little squirrel!! I’m usually terrified she’s going to choke but she doesn’t even gag. She just loads up the cheeks and flashes a big smile! As we pulled into the town of Breckenridge, Annabelle asked “Where did Poppy go?”. We told her Poppy is at home but we’re going to his condo. When we pulled up to the condo, she walked right in (like she owned the place, of course) and said “Poppy’s house” and then walked through the condo calling out “Poppy, where did you go?”. The first night away from home is usually the hardest because the girls are not sure about their new sleeping arrangements. GG went down fairly easily, but Annabelle was not having it. She was ready to play! This is what she looked like about 2 hours past her bedtime…..

We knew the next day was going to be rough, because Annabelle is a bear when she doesn’t get enough sleep. The girls don’t sleep in so we were up bright and early and read to start our day. Lucky for us GG was in a great mood and was all smiles and ready for the adventure! We brought our wagon, loaded the girls up, and headed down to town. These girls don’t even know how good they have it. Colorado is so beautiful. Not a bad way to grow up….

We had a lazy breakfast/coffee on the Starbucks patio and then off to the park. Not a bad backdrop for some swinging. Not bad at all.

The walk down the mountain is gorgeous and relaxing — the walk back up the mountain is a much different story! It’s a hike and poor B was dragging about 50 lbs with the wagon. We were beat when we finally made it back to the condo. The entire family went down for a nice, long nap. Way better than a weekend of cleaning and errands at home!!

After naps we headed down to Silverthorne and did some shopping at the Outlets. That Robert Meyer can find some deals. I wouldn’t call him cheap (at least not to his face or on my blog where he can read it!) he’s just very frugal. He made a killing at the Ralph Lauren store and got several shirts one of which was originally $65 and he got it for $12. He’ll be bragging about that purchase for years to come!

We had dinner at the Dam Brewery.

Annabelle eating lemons – she loves them just like her cousin Madison.

Sunday morning we packed up and sadly headed back to reality. We are so glad we had the opportunity to spend some time just the 4 of us. The girls are growing up way too fast, so it’s nice to just sit back sometimes and enjoy the scenery!