The kids had 2 days off school so we took an extra day and hit the road! We picked the kids up from school on Thursday and headed to Uncle Robb's house. We spent the night there and left early Friday morning (Gram's birthday!) for Breckenridge, Co. Nathan's uncle & cousins own a condo there that they graciously let us have for a long weekend.
I will preface this blog with this: Addison didn't even want to go back to Colorado. And she definitely didn't want to ski! The kids both took ski/board lessons the first day. By the time I picked her up she had a smile on her face and was ready to go back up the lift and show me her stuff. She is now PASSIONATE about skiing! And there were at least 3 of us that couldn't beat her down the mountain by the end of the trip.
I can't even describe the fullness of my heart on the last day of skiing/boarding. There was 4" of fresh powder. We get off the ski lift and I'm a bit skeptical of the fresh powder and worried the kids would have a difficult time with it. Fifty feet in and we were all gliding through the powder like we were on clouds of fluff. All day we just skied & boarded in sync with one another. Just to look down the mountain and see my family all together in such a beautiful setting and having the time of our lives. We would get down to the ski lift and be talking over each other about the awesome trip down. The kids would be talking about who was going to go up the lift together... I didn't want that day to end!
Here we go...
Stopped at Starbucks for a birthday breakfast for Gram!
Our equipment!
Our lil professional skier
Beautiful day for a ski/board!
On the gondola headed up the mountain. These are Nathan's cousins- Justin & Jennifer. Meeting Jennifer for the first time. Great couple!
a couple that boards together... stays together...
He LOVED his cool board!
Beautiful pic of Breckenridge.
morning!
Morning in the condo
Gram!
Justin & Jennifer came up for the morning. Great seeing them & meeting Jennifer!
Joan's brother & nephews own this condo we stayed in. It couldn't be in a better location! And we were SO grateful to borrow it for the long weekend!
Gondola fun!
EASY walk to the gondola.
Gram ventured up with us one day after lunch. She just stayed on the gondola and rode it straight back!
Uncle & his besties.
Ski BUDDIES!
The skiers/boarders.
WORN OUT! That's a successful day of skiing/boarding!
Can't wait for the next family trip back to Colorado!
