We had the distinct pleasure of taking our newly turned six year old and his very willing siblings on an incredible overnight adventure in a YURT!!
On first thought I was a little nervous (okay, ALOT nervous) that is was going to be miserable as we are still experiencing temperatures in the single digits at night and this altitude that we would be staying at is even higher than our home locale, so...here we go!!
These are the highlights of a most delightful and memory filled overnight with my sweeties! Oh to be so blessed, I am so underserving!
I now present you, the Yurt:
And to the dear children's delight, there were a series of SNOW TUNNELS just outside the yurt door for my little explorers to play in, how cool is that! (Is he really six, sigh...)
A very delighted and smallish tunnel explorer:
Another tunneler Extrordinaire:
Is that a happy birthday boy or what?
A very snug sissy enjoying her top bunk status!
Yurt Mama happily on the bottom bunk with a very tired and soon to be asleep little snuggle-bug!
And here's the view we awoke to and 15 degrees!
We finished our excursion with a delightful hike back down to the lodge (about a mile) in the glorious morning light. Daddy and the older three couldn't resist sledding most of the way on some borrowed snow discs.
Then while my hubby and I sipped yummy steaming Lattes, the kiddos enjoyed Hot Cocoa with whipped cream and Cinnamon Apple Turnovers, and then went back for some more sledding adventures before we headed home.
All I can say is that if I were six again, this would be the ULTIMATE birthday, and I think it WAS!!
Thanks for enjoying our adventure with us, have the best day today!
Hey, that would be the ultimate birthday party for ME!LOL! Looks awesome, Meredith. So glad you enjoyed it!
Posted by: Theresa | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Awesome! Was the yurt cozy warm at 15 degrees? We've considered putting one up on some property we have on a creek but I've never STAYED in one, just briefly toured a few.
Posted by: Jennifer | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 03:29 PM
Wow - that looks amazing!
Posted by: Love2learn Mom | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 05:06 PM
Wow! What a gorgeous view, and what a FUN birthday!
Posted by: Jessica | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 05:37 PM
How fun Meredith! The warm drinks sound delightful with your surroundings. You are also quite lovely for just hanging around in a yurt. :)
Posted by: Jennifer | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 07:45 PM
That is completely awesome, there are just no other words.
What a fabulous life long memory!!
Wish I could have been there! Absolutely beautiful!
Posted by: Amy Caroline | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 09:26 PM
What a fun and memorable trip!!!!
You and your family are completely beautiful.
Confession: The other day when you told me you were going to stay in a "yurt," I needed to look the word up! I'd never even heard of it.
Happy Sixth Birthday to Patrick's penpal!
Posted by: Alice Gunther | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 10:39 PM
We've done the yurt thing in Oregon on the beach but never in the snow. Looks like a great time though. And the view - gorgeous. I'm tempted, oh, so tempted!
Posted by: Mary M | Thursday, April 03, 2008 at 10:01 PM
How fun! I have never heard of a yurt before. That is a funny word. : -) Happy birthday to your sweet boy!
Posted by: Jordan | Friday, April 04, 2008 at 05:37 AM
That looks like an awesome time!
My oldest dd has wanted to go to Mongolia for years now - where was your yurt adventure?
Posted by: Maria P | Saturday, April 05, 2008 at 06:31 PM
That looks like so much fun! I miss the snow.
Posted by: KC | Sunday, April 06, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Even though I am so enjoying our newly arrived spring, this makes me want winter to linger just a bit more. I am sure your family will always remember this wonderful time!
Posted by: Trina | Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 11:33 PM