A Diary of our Christmas Adventures! -2

Christmas Morning 2008 -  Santa found us way up here in the mountains!  The kids were very excited to get upstairs to see what Santa brought them.  (Actually, 2 girls somehow forgot that they were suppose to stay in their room until everyone was ready.  They got an early peek.  I can not blame them since they are related to ME!)  Santa got everything just right again this year!  Tyler got a Wii-Fit and Madden 09.  Corynne got the Samantha  AG doll.  (Good thing Santa can make them, since they are on backorder until May!)  Lauren asked for and received the Ruthie AG doll, Kit's best friend.  Lyndsey got a bounce-n-ride horse.  I don't think even Santa realized how much see would love this horse!

We enjoyed a slow day around the house.  It was so neat to have a "white Christmas".  Mom cooked a mexican feast for Christmas dinner.  This has been our tradition for years since the kids and Uncle Michael really do not like the traditional dressing, turkey, etc.  The kids did get out and play a little while in the snow today, but no skiing until tomorrow.  

Late this afternoon, we all went tubing down the hill.  It was a 45 minute tubing session, but truly 20 minutes is long enough to pull that tube (and kid in tow at times)  up the hill!  The kids had a blast.  Uncle Michael even got in on the action.  

After tubing, everyone except Grammy, Mom and Lyndsey went over to a lodge to see the movie Fred Clause.  I think they all had a good time even though the picture was below average, they sat at tables, and they were cold the entire time!

Friday, December 26 - When we first arrived, JM and I set up a snowmobile tour for Grammy, Papa, Uncle Michael and Jacqline for today.  Little did we know that it would be below zero and snowing.    They went on because it was nonrefundable!  They froze to death (almost), destroyed a couple of snowmobiles (not theirs), fell into snow waist deep, and arrived back not too happy but alive!  Oh well, it will be an experience they will NEVER forget!  

JM and the kids enjoyed a morning on the slopes.  It was snowing hard all morning and visibility was so bad that they closed the lifts to half of the mountain.  Ski school remained open, and JM still got to ski a little on the lower slopes. 

Lyndsey decided she wanted to try skiing.  She may be little, but she will never be left behind!  Maybe next year she will get her own ski boots that fit into the skis!

Saturday, December 27 - Today is our last day of skiing.  Tyler ended up with a private lesson today and yesterday.  He was excited that he got to go up to the top of the mountain with an instructor.  They spent the entire lesson working their way down.  He did great!  Corynne graduated to the yellow slope today (after Dad insisted that the instructors promote her)!  She did great.  She and one other kid spent the lesson on the yellow slope today.  Lauren has mastered the bunny slope, turns, and getting on and off the chairs by herself.  After ski school, Dad skied with everyone on the yellow slope.  The girls repeated the blue slope over and over while Dad and Tyler skied the mountain one last time.  Everyone was sad to turn in their skis, but it was great to end on a bright, injury free note!

Red River was good to us again this year.  We look forward to coming back again soon!