On New Year's Day we drove to Winter Park and skied part of the afternoon as a family. Myles did well-ish (Bryan got a good work out skiing with him), Emma was leash free and Luke continued to work on his turns and be a little over-confident with his skills. :) At the end, everyone was tired and it was a long walk back to the car. It was the trail of tears for Myles. It is quite the feat to take three kids skiing and manage all of the gear on top of it. We're learning as we go and are grateful to be making theses memories: great ones and real-life ones.
After skiing, we drove into Granby to meet up with the Cramers and stay at Bryan's parents' timeshares. Thank you again, Steve and Carrie, for letting us use these! We stayed at the casita-style room. These are super convenient with families as there is a full kitchen and the hot tub is outside on the deck. I think these are our favorite ones that we've been lucky enough to stay in.
The next day, we headed back to Winter Park to ski the morning. Myles was falling asleep in the wagon ride from our car to the chair lift. Not the best of signs. He was done after one or two runs. I was feeling a little under the weather and so it actually worked out well for Myles and I to chill in the lodge while Bryan, Emma and Luke skied the morning away. Emma and Luke both became a little more daring with their skiing skills. Bryan commented how exciting it was to hope that in a few more years we might all be independently skiing (fingers crossed).
Falling asleep on the way to the chair lift. Not the best sign.
"Yeah, skiing is a blast."
We drove back to the timeshare and went sledding with Cramers on the property there...or close to it. Bryan joined for a little while, but I stayed back with Myles who was napping and I was feeling pretty rotten. That night we hot tubbed some more, played games and visited. Love the Cramers who are like family to us.
We packed it up the next morning, hot tubbed one last time and headed home.
