A Favorite Shot

Sorry to have been MIA this past week ...

new classes along with preparing to cover the SIA show next week 

have me beyond busy. 

After sorting through last week's Winter Park pics, 

I couldn't help but share a few more :)

Can't wait to be back this weekend :)

Back to School ... or Winter Park

so I had to go back to school in Arizona on the 5th,

but I'm already taking vaca time (oops :)

the day I left, the mountains were pounded with snow,

what was I supposed to do?!

I convinced myself I was here on homework assignment.

my photojournalism class wanted us to capture people doing things.

well what's better than snow-loving people doing snow-loving things?

kid at ski school ... pretty cute stuff huh?

yes, but what's better than people doing things?

animals doing nothing ...

we saw some friends on the drive home :)

amazing day, right?

now who can blame me for ditching Arizona??

I spent this past week in Winter Park, Colorado

which just so happens to be one of my favorite places in the world.

fat flakes of snow were falling

and it was that perfect crisp-cold. HEAVEN.

I stayed at the ski-in ski-out, Iron Horse Inn this time.

it's a great place to stay if you ever find yourself in Winter Park :)

one of the nights, I went to Sombrero Stables at the YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch.

it was GORGEOUS.

I went on a horse-drawn sleigh ride with my family,

followed by a little steak dinner.

the sleigh ride was amazing.

there's no better way to get into the holiday spirit than hearing bells jingle on the giant friesian draft horses pulling your sleigh through mountain snow.

I highly recommend the ride to anyone and everyone.

be sure to dress warm!!