Olive loved the snow

We often get a May snowstorm or two in Denver and this past week we had, what will likely be, the last snow of the season. It was just a couple of inches and only stuck to the grass but it gave Olive a chance to get acquainted with the fluffy white stuff.

Anna with her two school friends presenting their business idea

Anna’s class has been studying entrepreneurship and business and for the culmination of this unit they had to present their business idea along with prototypes of their product. Anna’s group chose a business called CampItOut and they had two products; one was an Alumi-Blanket (a blanket lined with aluminum foil to help campers stay warm) and a “Bag-o-Matic” that was a warming and drying bag for wet clothes. Marcy and I went to school to see her group present their business.

On the Continental Divide atop A-Basin

They have been getting great snow in the mountains even this past week so Anna and I decided to get one last day of skiing in. Keystone closed six weeks ago but our pass is also good at Arapahoe Basin which is just five miles away. We drove up Saturday afternoon and stayed at our condo. We were up bright and early Sunday and were on the slopes by 9am. It was a little crusty in the early morning but by 10:30am it was warm and the snow softened up. We had a great day. Anna skied Pallavicini (twice), a double black and one of the steepest runs in Colorado.

Anna about to tackle one of the steepest runs in Colorado

Meanwhile back in Denver Jude and Marcy were having a fun time with Olive. Jude donated one of his old socks to Olive and they had an amazing tug of war with their teeth.

A teeth tug-of-war between Jude and Olive (and yes Olive is airborne)

We also got out the old kids pool and gave Olive a good soaking after she spent a lot of the afternoon playing in the grass and mud. Jude even got in on the act.

Jude joined Olive for a backyard bath