Hidden Valley Ski Trip

Justin's Aunt Lorie & Uncle Bob have a condo up at Hidden Valley & Justin has 5 weeks of vacation to use, so we took a few days last week and went up to their condo. My family also skis so my parents came out Thursday and Neal & Kelli came out Friday and joined us. We got up there late Wednesday night. We brought the kids in and plopped them on the couch while we carried the rest of the stuff inside. No one moved a muscle. Tolan doesn't look happy in this picture, but he was excited. He would open his eyes, look around & smile then fall asleep. He did this every couple of minutes until we just carried them to bed.

Having some breakfast

they were excited!

they kept calling their bagels doughnuts

Logan & Tolan slept up in the loft

Ella finally figured out how to crawl last week, so she had some fun exploring

It was SOOO cold & windy! But we got ready to go swimming anyway

This is his posed smile

bundling up to head out. I can't believe we are going swimming, even if it is indoors!

Had to take a picture of Tolan crammed in his seat in his hat & shades

We made it. I love Ella's little swimsuit. So cute. Having a girl is so fun!

The boys said they were fishing with their noodles

This was Ella's first time going in a pool and she actually liked it! She loved splashing her feet in the water.

But when she was done, she was done.

It doesn't look like it, but Tolan had to be coaxed into the water.

Logan was a little more adventurous

making a few laps with Daddy

It was extremely cold! And windy too. (I was very happy to stay inside with Ella all weekend) But we were worried about the boys being cold. (I have no idea why this is underlined & I can't get it to stop...) anyway, there had been much discussion about what the boys would wear under their snowpants & at the last minute my mom grabbed some tights to bring for the boys b/c she had heard that NFL players sometimes wear nylon stockings to keep warm. So yes, our boys are wearing tights! And yes, they did keep them warm!

Here they are ready to get some skis! This was their first ski trip, by the way.

Out on the slopes with Grandma T

and Daddy too!

After a few hours Justin dropped them off & I made them some hot chocolate. Tolan drank every last drop. They both came back happy & smiling. They said they liked skiing and had a good time.

Justin went back out to ski kid-free.

Saturday morning my dad & Tolan built a fire

Then they hit the slopes again. The original plan had been for Logan & Tolan to only ski on Friday and then they would have Saturday to go without the kids. But Logan really wanted to ski again. There was no talking him out of it! Tolan was happy to stay inside with Grandpa, Ella & me.

They don't have the rope tows anymore! They use this moving walkway type thing. This would have been so much easier instead of wasting all your energy trying to hold onto the rope tow when you are just learning to ski!

My mom & Logan (again with the underlining! ??)

Saturday was even colder & windier than Friday, but Logan toughed it out, was happy to get to ski again & even got to ride the big ski lift

Fun times with Daddy!

I'm so glad we took the initiative to plan ahead and schedule in this little trip! It was a nice getaway and fun time with the family. Thanks to Aunt Lorie & Uncle Bob for letting us stay at their place and to my mom & dad who picked up the tab for the skiing part. Thank you!!