Sunday, March 13, 2011

Mini-Vacation in Beaver Creek

We are so fortunate to have friends that live in the beautiful mountains of Colorado (and are willing to host us). After a much later start than anticipated (thanks to ear infections, naps, and traffic), we finally arrived in Eagle around 9:30 on Friday night. Bedtime for the kids and drinks for the adults wrapped up the night.

Saturday brought a very warm and beautiful day on the mountain. We were a bit ambitious with getting T-man up on the mountain, but with some lift rides (up and down) and carrying him, we survived (thanks to Marshall and Dave). D-man and I enjoyed doing a bunch of different types of runs - blues, greens, trees, etc. Let's just say that in the future, I'll be staying out of the trees/bumps. It will not be long before D-man is truly out skiing me.

On Sunday, we enjoyed some breakfast and Dave and Marshall hit the slopes. Beaver Creek had about 6 inches of new snow and the boys got to enjoy some nice powder skiing - much of it barely skied on. Rachel and I hung out with the kids and went to the Gypsum rec center pool. The kids had a great time and it gives Rachel and I some time to catch up since the kids are busying themselves in the water.
D-man ready to hit the slopes!

our wonderful ski guide Dave!
Trying to get Tanner to ski
our attempt at a family photo

We decided to brave the traffic and were pleasantly surprised that the drive took us just over 2 hours with very little traffic. Woohoo! What a great mini-vacation.

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