The car ride was nice. Not fun, but nice. The kids did surprisingly well, considering they are usually itching to get out after about 15 minutes in the car. We let them watch movie after movie, after movie....you get the picture!
The hotel was great! There was not much snow at lake level, but it was all around us on the surrounding mountains, so it did feel like a winter retreat. The kids tried to play in the snow right when we got there, but we promised them a more "traditional" snow experience the next day.
Our routine consisted of TV watching, relaxing, eating, swimming, and playing in the snow - in no particular order. Rich and I had a great time watching our kids perfect the art of "vacationing" while we were able to read, relax and be a family together.
The kids loved playing in the snow, sledding, and building snow men. Maeve ate her fair share of snow, dirty and clean, Cannon mastered (not really) the sledding saucer, and Brynn built at least 3 snowmen!
We were lucky enough to experience one day of snow! The kids played, danced and even built a tiny little snowman on the little patio of our room.
The kids took over the pool! Brynn was life jacket free and learning to swim a little more than just doggy paddling. Cannon was terrified to take off his jacket, and spent a TON of time in the hot tub. He also got a crazy rash from the pool chemicals, and managed to scratch his skin so much that he had nail marks all over his legs. We figured out how to deal with that. A shower after each pool session took care of the rash. Maeve was absolutely fearless in the water. She jumped from every inch of pool side into the water, as many times as possible. When we took her out of the life jacket, she wanted to swim all by herself, and refused help, even when she went under. That kid is crazy! Nolan loved the water as well! Since the pool was heated (very heated) he loved getting in and splashing and kicking and "swimming".
We had one sledding accident for the entire week. Cannon was coming down the hill on a spinning saucer and got a little out of control. He crashed and scraped his face on the icy sled run. He cried, and we bandaged the "wound" and then we took some time to recover. I was worried he wouldn't get back on the sled, but he was tearing it up the next time we drove out to the sledding hill.
Without fail, I managed to forget something important at home. Unlike our our trips, the kids had enough clothing and food, and toys, but this time, I forgot the cord to charge our camera battery, and the video camera ran out of space. So, all my pictures were taken on the phone. Sad. Really, really, sad.
It was a great trip, one that we hope to do again sometime!
The Drive:
The Surroundings:
The Room:
Our "Supplies":
Embracing "Vacation":
Some Snow Time:
The "Wound":
The Snow:
My Favorite Family:
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