Saturday morning we woke up to lots of snow! It was snowing hard and it was very windy! It was our only day to ski, so we decided to brave the storm. (against John's better judgment! he wanted to wait till Monday...) It was Ashley's first time snowboarding! Scotty was very patient with her! I was impressed with both of them. Every time we passed them, she was still smiling and they were having fun! She spent a good amount of time on the ground trying to get up! And it was freezing cold and snowing hard... not the best circumstances for learning to snowboard! She was a trooper! I kept offering to go rent her ski's but she didn't want to give up. She was doing pretty good by the end of the day!
At the end of the day we needed to return Tanner's ski's to the lodge and we didn't want to drive the car since it doesn't have 4 wheel drive. So, the last ride up the lift that goes past the cabin was at 4:30, so we figured we could ski tot he cabin at 4:00 and drop Tanner off and then John and I would carry his ski's and boot's down to the lodge and then hop on the chair before it closed and get back to the cabin just fine.... it was a good idea if the timing would have gone right! We got tanner dropped off too late... so we were at the bottom of the hill at about 4:23 , so John told me to wait at the chair and if it was going to close I should get on and not walk up the hill with him. So at 4:30, John was still returning ski's and so I got on the lift. The minute I did, I knew I shouldn't have... I got to the cabin and began to worry about him. He doesn't have the best sense of direction and that made me nervous! I knew his phone was about dead, so he had it off. After an hour of pacing the cabin and going out to look down the hill for him I got my snow clothes back on and went searching for him. I walked down to the bridge so I could see up and down the slope he should have been hiking and there was no sign of him. I tired to call a dozen times with no answer... FINALLY he turned his phone on and I found out where he was. He sounded a bit disoriented and exhausted! Just then a jeep drove by. He waved and I flagged him down and told him my husband was stuck at the bottom of the hill. He drove down and picked him up and brought us back to the cabin. He was an answer to prayer! John had tried a few ways to get back and none worked, the snow was too deep!. He had finally skied back to the bottom and headed up the road. But hiking with his ski's in hand and snow boots on and 10,000 feet in altitude about killed him. I was very grateful to get him back to the cabin!We spent the evening playing games, watching a movie and doing a puzzle!
The rest of the weekend was very relaxing! I had no idea that my kids liked to play Scrabble! We played all weekend long!
We had a blast sledding! We made a fun run out front of the cabin and then we graduated to the ski slope! Oh my gosh, it is SO FUN! The roads were clear so, John and I took turns driving the van down to the bottom to pick everyone up. We started at the bridge and went to the bottom of the lift. It is so steep! I screamed the whole way down! We went about 6 or 7 times!
The best thing about the whole weekend was that the TV was only turned on for a couple good family movies. No ESPN and No Nickelodeon! It was Heaven! (of course the sun was shining on Sunday and Monday!)
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