We were so excited to get back to visit Brighton this afternoon. We just LOVE this place! We knew it had been really cold, but were not expecting to see in buried in feet of snow. Luckily we brought warmer clothes with us and the temps were in the low 40’s.It was an absolutely beautiful day! Even Lucy(although she had just woken up from a nap) was so excited to get out and enjoy the mountain air. She even had a snowball fight with Dad.We found lots of Painted Lady butterflies on our walk. Their warmth would melt them down into the snow in a perfect outline of their body. We were hoping that they’d revive after they warmed up a bit. No such luck on that though.Lucy loved stomping on the crunchy snow. She kept telling me that she was going hiking! It’s crazy to think that this whole area is usually a lake. The ice and snow, from what we could tell, was an average of about 3-4ft deep. Except this area, where Alex about gave me a heart attack going to look at it. The movement of the water had washed away the underside and created this ice window. Alex definitely got a talking to about ice safety. We found several more butterflies encapsulated in ice, and then Lucy’s little legs got pretty tired out from all the snow stomping. We found a plowed road that lead back to the van, so we decided to walk on that to head back. We picked up a little friend along the way. He was five and from Malaysia. He stayed with us the whole time, asking questions and making sure we didn’t get too far ahead of him. He was the cutest little boy. His parents were super nice too. I think they were pretty embarrassed that he wouldn’t leave us alone, but we assured them that we didn’t mind at all. Lucy was testing out her super powers on this log and blowing William away. She has gotten “so big and brave” since she has turned 4. 😉It was such a wonderful trip. I’m so glad we decided to take the drive.