January Snow Trip

We've done lots of other things besides take Clara to gymnastics meets. For example, here's pictures from our trip to Serene Lakes with the Newmans back in January. 

February Snow Trip

Way back in February we took our annual trip to the snow with the O'Jaggars. Feeling so fortunate to still be doing these trips, and that there's still snow for us to visit! 

WinterHaus 2016 - Day 4

And, finally, it was time to go. We packed up the house and found a lovely spot for snow play. Dave and the kids made an awesome igloo!  (and Doppler kept an eye on everything)

WinterHaus 2016 - Day 3

Day 3 was cross country skiing for all of us (except poor Dave, who got sick). I should also note that this was the first WinterHaus trip for us with their new dog, Doppler, who is a super dog! He stayed back with Dave, though, while the rest of us took a super trek out to the Cook House (strong work, kids!). Then Karuna and I had a nice excursion on some of the more difficult trails (for me, that is - I fell loads, but had a great time!). 

WinterHaus 2016 - Day 2

On the second day of mountain fun, I went off cross country skiing by myself (I even took a lesson!), and everyone else enjoyed a day of downhill skiing (then I went and picked up the "littles" when they were done enjoying the slopes).

WinterHaus 2016 - Day 1

For the seventh year in a row, we enjoyed a long weekend with Rylyn & Tegan's family up in the mountains. And after a few very dry years, we were really happy to have some snow on the ground again!

The first day we were on our own: we went snowshoeing (which involved a lot of stopping and eating snow - so much that Molly finally declared herself sick of eating snow!!); we found a geocache; and we got goofy back at the cabin waiting for our friends to arrive.

(almost) a minute of Molly skiing!

courtesy of Dave's amazing ski+camera skills! This was Molly's second run down the mountain, her first without falling, and way before the lesson she had later in the day. Go Molly Go!

Snow trip: Sledding

Last week we had a wonderful, short stay up in the mountains with some friends from the kids' school. They seem to have found the one spot in the mountains that has snow right now (we are experiencing a pretty severe drought). Lucky us! There was the typical antics: snow eating, sledding (can you find the picture where Molly gets big air?!), snowshoeing, and hanging out. Plus a few more fun things like: walking on a frozen lake (a first for me!), building the bottom part of an igloo (aka, a fort), and helping our friends settle into their new mountain house.