Ski trip

Busy week barely time to breath. Took the boys to the mountains skiing. Trevor had gone the weekend before with his scouting buddy. They had a blast. Trev was pulled over for speeding down the slopes. I warned him this time if he loses his pass that is it, I will not replace it.

My sisters came with their children. First time my NY sister has had her children on skies. They did an hour lesson s day. By the end of three days my 4 year old nephew was getting down the hill by himself. My Dad always said if you start kids young skiing they don't have the fear factor to overcome. 

Trevor wore his sun glasses and a fedora on his head. He had on a t shirt and his jacket. You would think he would freeze, but he was more worried about looking cool.

By the end of the weekend  we all agreed we wanted to repeat this ski vacation. We stayed at Collins Lake. The Condo was bigger than my sisters two houses put together. There was a great room off to the side that had two double sized bunk beds and two double beds with room to spare and its own bathroom. A kind of giant sleeping porch arrangement. The master and the other bedroom shared another bathroom. The place was well designed for a big ski trip.

I was told by the concierge that summers are even more booked and busy than winters. This place rocked. It had a huge hot hot tub and a big luke warm pool. The kids liked the pool but I could have had it a bit warmer. There was a sauna that was delightfully warm.  It was a luxury resort, but worth every penny we wincingly paid.

I brought all the food so we wouldn't have to eat out or deal with that extra expense. Every one supplemented with hot cocoas at the ski lodges or an extra hot dog, but over all we kept the cost to just the resort. Our ski tickets were deep discounted by staying where we did.

I had stayed there before with friends so I knew it was worth it. A good vacation is all in the details.

My boys had a ball. Riley injured his wrist slipping on some icy stairs during the tubing adventures. He ended up in a brace for two weeks and is still trying to make up English assignments from when he couldn't write with his hand.

Trevor hung with my sisters on the slope as he wanted to go FAST. Aunt J was about the only one that would do the speed skiing with him.

I had my knee injury skiing a few years ago so I played hostess. Having breakfast, lunch and  dinner ready and prepped for when needed. I was so happy that everyone had a good time. I was the coordinator for this trip so I felt a lot of pressure to make sure everyone got their money's worth. I wanted everyone to go home sated but craving another family ski vacation next year.