We planned for our house to get fumigated over this week so that we could go somewhere fun, since we'd have to pay for a hotel anyway. We took our first trip ever to Mammoth. It was AWESOME! Brian took the kids for a 3 hour ski lesson and then they skied, and skied!
The mountain was beautiful. The snow was good, especially the first day. Jon didn't use sticks. The other kids were a little nervous about his skiing technique. He had no fear. He just went straight down, as fast as he could. It was so fun to watch them play.
Those red jackets made finding them on the slopes really easy!It snowed the day we were coming home. The kids had never played in such fluffy stuff. They built a snowman, had snowball fights, made snow angels, and unanimously agreed that we needed to either live where it snows or go back to Mammoth soon!
As for me, I have no confidence in my ability to fall down the hills gracefully. I stayed in the condo with the fire burning. I spent time reading, finishing up my ornaments, watching TV, exploring the village, and shopping. Brian took the van, so I got to know Mammoth by foot. It was awesome to feel cold and get us all in the mood for the holidays.
We all came home a bit under the weather. We got home Wednesday night, and darn it there was no time to defrost a turkey. Ha! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Marie Callendar's. It was a very calm holiday, and for that I am grateful. The kids got along so well and played together the entire time. One of the surprise games that caught the kids' attention at the condo was Battleship. I haven't played that in years! The kids LOVED it! Another big hit is the game "Whoonu". Jon got it for his birthday and we finally broke it out over the holiday. Just trying to share game ideas for your holiday shopping! Ha!
4 comments:
Glad you enjoyed Aunt Marie's cooking as much as we did.
I love that your snowman is a BYU fan. Sounds like a great get away.
that is a serious snow man - that looks like so much fun - it almost makes me want to have my house fumigated (almost)
Your vacation sounded awesome! I could really use some time to myself like that. John and I love Mammoth, we went there for our honeymoon but it didn't snow. I'm glad you are all back safe.
What a fun way to spend your week. So sorry about having to tent your house, that is one nice thing about Utah. It is way too cold for critters to live long enough to do any damage to your house.
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