This picture was taken at the Charlotte airport around 5:30 AM. We left the house at 2:30 in order to catch a 6:50 flight.
This was Molly & Carson's first time on an airplane and their first trip to go skiing!!!
Carson with his nose pressed against the window - trying to see something through all of the clouds
Molly & her American Girl McKenzie
We celebrated Molly's birthday with both sets of grandparents the night we arrived. The Clines (Annette, Lucius & Emily), the Hintons (Chuck & Coleen) & Bill Nunes were all there to help us celebrate.
lots of presents for both Molly & Carson
the doughnut cakeSunday - March 1
The kids went to 3 days of ski school - Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. The made great progress each day and were able to move up a little with each new lesson. The first day, they practiced putting their skis on, how to make a wedge, get on & off the lift, stopping and started skiing down Turtle Track.. The second day, they began to master the wedge, started working on making lots of turns, and added First Time and Bunny Hollow to their list of slopes. On the third day, they graduated to the Pay Day Lift and skied down Drift & Blanche. Molly also took a run on the Nastar course.
all dressed and ready to go
(they were us at 4:30 the first morning
because they were so excited)
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getting dropped off at ski school
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Carson fell asleep at dinner after his first day of ski school
Monday - March 2
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hanging out in the condo...
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we played a lot of cards - war & blackjack
and put a puzzle together (thanks to the Clines)
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Tuesday - March 3
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Granna dusted off her ski clothes after a 10-year break to ski with Jeff and the kids.
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before hitting the slopes
headed down the hill to the First Time lift
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Molly
We love skiing!!!
Carson
lunch with granna & gramps at the Legacy Lodge at the base of the mountain .
Wednesday - March 4
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Jeff and I skied together on the days the kids were in ski school.
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Thursday - March 5
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The kids and I took the day off to play in the snow and do a little shopping. Jeff hit the slopes without us to enjoy the 12 inches of fresh powder that had fallen the night before.
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Molly's snow angel
Carson and his new fuzzy hat
Pops & Muvie before heading to the airport
shopping on Main Street
snowball fight!!!!
Friday - March 6
We all skied together on our last day. This is a picture of Jeff and the kids before we skied down the Pay Day run. It is a blue slope but we didn't tell the kids that until they were at the bottom. We also rode the Bonanza Lift to the summit and skied all the way down from the top of the mountain. The kids made tons of progress with their skiing during the week. We can't wait to go skiing again next year!
Saturday - March 7
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Time to go home...
sad to leave but happy to get home to my own bed : )
family pic before leaving town
