Winter Wonderland

Hello!

Happy Valentine's Day yesterday!

For our special V-Day outing, we all went to the "mountain" (no offense to New Englanders, but the term is used very loosely here) and enjoyed a day of skiing!

The kids took lessons for about an hour and a half, on the bunny slopes while Frank and I remembered what it is like to be up on skis. I think it's been maybe 3 or 4 years since we went.

I couldn't get their attention during the lesson, so you don't see their faces. Here is David, then Teresa and Kara's backs as they wait to ride the painfully slow "Magic Carpet" (moving sidewalk up the hill) for beginners.

I say "painfully slow" because it all but crawls upward.
The kids were a little bored near the end of the lesson. We upgraded their tickets to include "all lifts" and they were able to do some bigger runs, greens and blues, in the afternoon. That was a little more exciting for them.

Here is David on the lift, with an "Unknown Hero" he rode up the mountain with...(ok, it was really Frank...)
The weather was beautiful, but pretty cold in the morning with the wind. (That's why Frank has the face protection on.) In the afternoon there was less wind, so it was pretty nice.

Here was the view from one lift:
...that's a lake in the distance, by the way...
and our view from the lift, looking straight down:
...those are our skis, by the way...

The kids came away in tact, no injuries, and smiling at the end of the day. Success! Teresa, of course, wants to go again tomorrow.

The kids get this whole week off, and another week in late April. Kind of a "winter break," and a "late spring break." That's why we go to school so late into June here.

Happy President's Day tomorrow! Kari