Good Lord, Its April 10th and I am still not past our Spring Break! YIKES. As always life is busy, very busy and I find myself feeling very behind most of the days. Oh to be on top of things again.
Spring Break was spent up in the mountains with Memaw and Papa. We ended up spending nearly a full week with them and we had a great time! Papa even skiied!
This was our first official road trip in the new van and let me tell you, its AMAZING! Having come from the prius, our little family felt like we had all the space in the world. We were really hoping that with more space Ellie wouldn't be such a nut in the car, but alas, that was not to be the case. Neurotic dog she still was, but at least we all had more space to put up with her!
We stopped at the rim on our way up to see some snow. You know you are from Phoenix when you have shorts and flip flops in snow.
We decided to spend 2 back to back days skiing and I am so glad we did. When they have snow, the Sunrise Resort in March is wonderful. Its super affordable and has very few people. It truly is a unique experience!
Both girls found their skiing legs very fast and we are all off to the races!
It was really exciting because this year Papa joined us. With a fused back, bionic hip, and bionic knee, we weren't sure we would ever get him back up on the slopes, but honestly?.......once he got his confidence he was skiing better than some of us!
Evie never wants poles, but then relies on everyone else to get her places. Smartie pants. I am a snowboarder this year so absolutely no help to her so it falls to Bob and Lily (my plan to phase myselve out completely is nearly complete.
Our first day on the mountain was spectacular with very few people. The sun was shining and the slopes were beautiful!
Bob and I toodled off on our own for a few runs and tackled the backside of the mountain. If you get all the way up and over to this side you might run into 3 people....if its busy. This is the beauty of this resort.
I mean, for reals, the mountain was ours on a couple of runs.
On day two we all got a little bit more adventurous and decided to up our game to some blue runs. The first one was rough and I had to threaten to leave my screaming children on the side of the mountain if they didn't calm down and think......but we made it down and they realized that, oh yes, in fact, they are capable of navigating the steeper terrain.
Couldn't keep them off the blues after that!
Bob and I once again went off on our own for a hot second and discovered some other less travelled routes. We even met a Ski Patrol guy who talked to us for a good 20 minutes about the park and the history. The best part is that he knew of my Mom's family which was kind of cool. The Terrells were part of the founding members of this ski resort and my Mom can remember countless seasons on the slopes.
We had a great time and everyone finished with a smile on their face!
We spent the next couple of days hanging out, doing yoga, playing with Sadie, playing games.....and working on the "Tiny" House my parents are building. Bob ended up putting the entire roof on while we were up there.....whew.
We girls played in the snow and tried to find some sledding. The snow was slim pickin's so we made snow angels and had snowball fights.
Spring Break went by quick and we all had a blast. We had to come home and sleep for a week!
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