Friday Funny

Surely y'all have seen this but just in case you haven't, it is my duty to introduce you to Neature Walk. Hilarity and so quotable. The perfect combination!

Happy Friday!
Laura

I really love my...{face lotion}

Another post in the I really love my... series!

I really love my Eltamd UV Clear lotion!

Just like my face wash, this was recommended to me by a dermatologist a few years ago and I haven't looked back! It is gentle enough on my sensitive skin yet is strong enough to keep away breakouts without drying out my skin. I use it once daily, in the mornings after washing my face. I also love that it has SPF 46 so I don't have to worry about putting on sunscreen throughout the day while I am out hiking, running and just being so Colorado-ish.

I order mine a few at a time through either Amazon.com or Derm Store.

Still keeping that skin smooth,

Laura

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing you a day filled with the ones you love...

{besties}

{family}

{the hubster}

I love love,

Laura

P.S. Interested in the history of Valentine's Day? Click here...

Strawberry Hot Springs

Steamboat Springs is easily one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite, place in Colorado.

About twenty minutes outside of Steamboat is an amazing little wonderland, Strawberry Hot Springs.

We have been there in the summer and winter and both times the scenery was breathtaking, the atmosphere serene and the water was so relaxing!

I love how the snow and steam from the hot springs makes the trees look!

Check it out!

Everything is more fun when your best friend comes too,

Laura

Ice Castles

We spend most of our weekends in the mountains- snow-shoeing, skiing and visiting ice castles, of course.

Silverthorne, Colorado has made an incomparable display of ice that I highly recommend checking out! The entire castle area is made completely of ice with no support underneath. There is an icicle "farm" there, as well, where the icicles are "grown" on nets and then taken into the castle at night to be joined to the existing structures.

We talked with one of the men after our visit that goes in at night to climb the structures and attach icicles vertically and then horizontally the next night. When we were there, the castles were about 30 feet tall and they will be open until March, when they hope they will be 50 feet tall!

At night, the ice is lit up and it really is a humbling and beautiful sight! The $10 admission price is a little steep for a short visit but a small price to pay for a unique experience!

On a side note, drinks are not allowed in the ice castle so, hypothetically, if you and your friends went out of the way to go to Starbucks and buy grande warm drinks to slowly sip while you perused the ice castles and then after paying your admission cost they told you that you couldn't take drinks in...you'd have to chug them and burn your tongue. Hypothetical, of course.

Check it out!

Still bitter about chugging my hot chocolate,
Laura