  I'm back! And totally exhausted. We had a great time and it was really hard to come back. I should have pictures up tonight hopefully so stay tuned for those. My test on Thursday night went great. It was pretty easy as expected.
I got home from school that night and cleaned like a mad woman. I ended up packing the next morning 10 minutes before we were supposed to leave for the airport so we cut it close to making our flight. We met up with my brother in Denver and Andrew's parents picked us all up. The weather was perfect! Colorado has had a mild winter so Spring has sprung early. Friday night we ate at PF Chang's in Park Meadows and then hung out at the Eckerman house.
Saturday morning, Tim, Jeremy and I drove down to Garden of the Gods to take some pictures. Colorado Springs had gotten 4 inches of snow Thursday night so we thought the gardens would be gorgeous. Well it was but we could hardly walk through it because it was so dang windy! It had to be at least 50 mph winds. The rest of the day we ran some errands and rented our skis. Andrew ended up having to work all weekend so on Sunday morning, Tim, Jeremy and I drove up to Keystone and got a half day of skiing in.
The snow was powder, the weather was warm and the view was amazing. We quit skiing around 4pm and decided to go snow tubing while we waited for Andrew and Cindy to drive up. It was SOOOOO much fun! Basically, you sit in a tube and they push/spin you down a really steep hill. It was scary as hell but so fun! Monday, we went skiing in Breckenridge which is where we were also staying.
The Mannings sold the house in Keystone so we no longer have a free place to stay. No biggie. We ended up staying for free at a hotel in Breckenridge just by attending a 90 minute timeshare presentation. So the four of us (excluding Jeremy who stayed on the mountain skiing) went to the presentation. Andrew and I had to attend a seperate one than Tim and Cindy because we lived in a different state. I got to learn about how timeshares worked and what a great investment they were!
Basically you buy per week and you own that one week a year for the rest of your life! It can even be passed down to someone in your will since it is deeded property. And it doesn't cost that much. For $10K, you can own one week every other year and it can be used at vacation properties all over the world. For that price, you get a one bedroom with a studio so if you "lock off" the studio, you actually get one week every year. Not a bad deal I thought.
That investment pays for itself quick especially since some vacation properties are upwards of $400/night. And you own it the rest of your life! Sorry to be such a salesman but it sounded like a neat idea. Tim and Cindy have two weeks in Hawaii and its been a great investment to them so far. The skiiing in Breckenridge on Monday was OK, so on Tuesday we loaded up and went back to Keystone where the snow was perfect. And it was hot!
Andrew ended up skiing in a T-shirt the entire time. For lunch, we had a special treat at the top of the mountain at a super fine dining restaurant. It's so high up that you have to take two Gondolas just to get there (I wonder how they get all the food up there?). We had a nice 5 course lunch and then were well on our way to skiing back down. I think we were too full from lunch because I fell like 3 times on the first run and had a case of the laughies (*new word- it means when you get lazy because you are laughing too hard). Cindy, Andrew and I decided to ski to the bottom and Jeremy wanted to ski until the lifts closed.
Tim went off skiing with a friend and we all met up later that afternoon. We then drove back to Colorado Springs that night and flew back home the next morning. That about sums it up. Vacations always go by way too fast. And my face is really sunburn and peeling (ick). I have the worst sunglass sunburn ever.
Oh well, back to the grind. 
