As you all know I only like to ski when the temperature is above 30, their is plenty of snow on the ground, (powder please), the sun is out and there are no crowds! So ski trips aren't always my favorite but the rest of my family absolutely loves to ski and Papa & Nona Lisa invited us...so off I go!
The first 2 days were beautiful!! We got the kids up and running in ski school and enjoyed a day of skiing to ourselves.
Then it got cold and snowed, and snowed and snowed!! The kids loved it. They played in the snow for hours and built this cute little snowman named Jim.
Doug and Matt were so excited to get up super early and ski First Tracks on the fresh powder. The rest of joined later but it was SO cold!
The morning of our last day was cold but after lunch it was beautiful! We skied a ton on the backside of the mountain until the lifts closed. The temperature was great, the sun was out and there was tons of snow on our favorite runs. We skied so late that we were one of the few left on the mountain.
The plan was to ski the top of the mountain until our legs felt like they were going to fall off and then ride the lift back down to the base. But after the picture was taken above, everyone talked me into skiing all the way down. I figured it would be great since no one was on the mountain and we'd just take our time. Well a normal blue run we had skied earlier had turned into moguls! Matt made it down in about 10 seconds, Marlie about 20 and I feel like it took me 2 minutes! I made Doug go behind me in case I wiped out. I'm pretty sure he laughed all the way down!
When we got to the bottom we were all completely exhausted!! I could barely walk and the kids were pretty wore out too!
It was a really nice trip and I'm so proud of the kids for skiing so well. Matt's favorite run was a black called Rolex. I was too scared to even get close to the edge of that run! He has no fear and tries so hard! Marlie was a little more timid on this trip but man the last day she out skied me by far. She was following Matt through the trees and flying down the hill.
Thank you Papa & Nona Lisa for taking us. We always have such a great time with you and it was sad to leave. Lots of great memories!
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