Ski Bunnies

Madelynn on the Chair lift, Tyler cruzin down the hill, the trio all ready to hit the slopes!

Madelynn and Drew getting ready for another run, Tyler ended up backwards (this happened allot), and Drew posing for Mom.

We took an early start to Spring Break by going skiing on Friday. We took off about 5:30 and headed up to Arapahoe Basin. Tyler and Madelynn were so excited to ski for the first time. Tyler has been talking about it since Christmas when Rick promised him that he could go at least once this year. So we get there and put the kids in half day lessons, Madelynn did so good they sent her up to the next level right away. Tyler was doing great too, when all the other little ones wanted to go in for a cocoa break, Tyler wanted to stay and keep practicing, so he got about 30 minutes of private lessons. While the kids were getting their bearings on the ski's, Drew and Rick took me up a run. I haven't been skiing for many years, so I was a little nervous. I made it down the hill without falling and embarrassing my son ( he kept going ahead of me and then stopping to turn around and wait for me, then he would comment on how silly I looked in my excellent snow plow form). After that we had a nice lunch, and then I spent the rest of the day helping Tyler and Madelynn learn how to get on and off the chair lift on the bunny hill. We had so much fun, we will definitely make it a family tradition.

We headed back toward Denver about 4:00 and just as we were taking all the snow gear off, we saw an ambulance head up the hill toward the interstate. Sure enough, we got a little ways down the road and the flashing sign warned us about an accident, and expect LONG delays. We sat in traffic for an hour, and when we finally got going again we saw no signs of an accident. (I at least want to see some crushed glass or a bumper on the side of the road to validate us sitting still for so long). We finally got to Denver had dinner, went to our Hotel and sat in the hot tub for a while, and went to bed. Drew had a soccer game early Saturday morning at 8:00 in Denver, even though we were already in town we were a little late. I couldn't pull Rick away from the waffle maker at the Hotel! Drew had a good game, they didn't win, but they played hard.

Then we headed home!