This year there is snow in the mountains! We headed up to Pinecrest lake and the Pinecrest Chalet for a ski weekend with my friend Julia's family. Upon arrival, all the kids hunkered down around Liam's Kindle to watch Kipper the Dog.
Saturday morning we headed 2 miles up the road to Dodge Ridge Ski Resort and the kids first day of skiing lessons. Elsa did great and by the end of the day was able to "pizza" down a hill.
Liam had fun, although cannot really do much on skis all by himself. He seemed to like snowballs a bit more.
After a day of skiing, it was great hanging out in the cabin.
The kids loved playing outside in the snow. They found fun things to do like collect icicles.
Sunday was sunny and bright and we headed up for day 2 of skiing. Liam had an early lesson.
Then Arne and I headed up the mountain for some skiing of our own.
After lessons, I took the kids on their first chair lift ride. Liam was very excited.
Elsa was able to go by herself down part of the mountain.
It was great to have the kids enjoy skiing.
Although, after the long day, Arne and I really just wanted to sleep.
Monday morning, we woke up to snow falling. It blanketed the area and made for fun snow play for Elsa.
It also gave us a chance to check out the winter wonderland of Pinecrest Lake, with no water, only snow.
We had a wonderful vacation.
