We arrived in Breckenridge late Friday afternoon, and we met Lisa, and her daughters Jessica, Abbye and Annie for dinner at a kid friendly pizzeria, that happened to have gluten free pizza crusts. The girls took a few minutes to warm up, but once they did, it was like they had been friends their whole lives. It was joyful to watch the girls play, and we enjoyed catching up with Lisa and Jessica.
The next morning, all of us put our girls in ski school, and then we headed up the slopes. The lift lines were the longest I've seen, but it gave us a chance to catch our breath and chat. Here are a couple of pictures of Danica and I.
That Saturday night we hosted the Nash family at our condo for a lasagna dinner. The four girls had a blast playing together, and were quite innovative playing hide and seek in a such small place.
Anneliese and Alexa seemed quite bored skiing the magic carpet at ski school, and didn't appear to be making much progress. So we decided to pull them out and have them ski with us. This worked out great, as we had Lisa and Jessica to help us with Anneliese and Alexa on the mountain. It started out a bit bumpy, with Alexa having a hard time keeping her ski tips together, and both of the them stopping consistently. After the first run, Alexa was a bit tired, so I took her in for hot chocolate, while Anneliese, Danica, Lisa and Jessica went back up for another run. They came back down and joined us for hot chocolate as well. We then skied two more runs, and the girls steadily improved, but Alexa still was having trouble keeping those troublesome tips together. So at lunch I bought an edgie-wedgie from the ski shop. The edgie-wedgie attaches the two tips of the skis together with a six inch bungee cord. It made all the difference in the world. That afternoon, we were all zooming down the mountain. It was really cool having our four year old girls skiing greens with us.
That night everyone was a bit beat, so we headed back to our condos and called it an early night. I was in bed before 9pm, a first for me in a very long time.
On Monday we flipped flopped the girls, with Anneliese and Alexa going back to ski school and Abbye and Annie skiing the mountain with the rest of us. Abbye and Annie really excelled at ski school, and were skiing really well. They were turning and stopping with ease, and were quite quick. We had a great day skiing with them.
Not only was Monday Presidents Day, it was Annie's fifth birthday. We met Lisa and her family at the pizza place again, and then we went back to her condo for a birthday party. Lisa did an excellent job with the birthday party. It was quite impressive especially considering she did it on the road. The theme of the party was princesses, and the girls started by decorating princess cupcakes.
This was followed by the girls doing a really neat craft, making princess crowns.
After singing happy birthday, the rapid consumption of cupcakes, and opening gifts, the girls played hide and seek again, and it was fun watching them giggle and run around. The joy in their young hearts was so cool. Happy Birthday Annie!
The next morning, Lisa and her crew had to head down the mountain to catch their flight back to Texas. Danica and I decided that we should go ahead and take advantage of being in Breckenridge and ski one more day. We took the girls out on the mountain, and after a bumpy first run, the girls skied very well. They were even skiing the steep parts of the trail unassisted. Anneliese and Alexa were very energetic, and when we told them at 2pm that we should call it a day, they insisted that they wanted to ski more. We didn't come off the mountain until almost 4pm. It was a great day, and Anneliese and Alexa are now bona fide skiers.
Our trip with Lisa and her girls was a real blast. Thanks Lisa for coming out to Colorado and skiing with us. The camaraderie between all of us was so nice, and it was great to spend a few days with a family we have so much in common with. I look forward to next year's trip, and all of us being able to ski together with Annie, Abbye, Alexa and Anneliese, our four Russian ski bunnies. :-)
I have posted many more photos from our trip.
4 comments:
Such a wonderful time together as always. I only wish we all lived closer together so that all of could spend more time together.
That last comment was posted by Danica. I had used her computer, and she was still logged in as me.
--Chris
Thanks for posting all those pics! I downloaded a bunch of them to add to my set. :-) We had so much fun... ready to do it again next weekend?! lol... I wish. I'll be working instead. Love my job but NOT as much as skiing!
What fun!!! I still can't over the girls skiing...especially since I've never even stepped foot into a ski!! I'm glad you had a great time!
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