Skiing day 4! Last day, best day!

Bluebird skies, decent temps, perfect conditions!

Our only downside came late morning when Spencer had a collision! I was skiing behind them and watched it happen. Spencer had gone into a tree trail and came out of it onto the run just as an old man was coming down the far left side of the run. Spencer should have looked up and yielded but he was just going too fast and couldn’t stop. He skied on across while the man came down and they clipped skis and both went tumbling. Thankful no one was hurt. I got Spencer up and we skied down and apologized to the old man. He was skiing with what I assume were his two grown sons. They didn’t seem too happy with us but the old man said he was fine and so on we went. Spencer was not hurt but definitely shaken up. A good learning lesson for all!

Lunch break!

Just a little worn out by our last afternoon on the slopes!

But we still made it a full day and skied until the lifts closed!

We grabbed dinner in the village that night and then it was time to head home the next morning!

Thankfully our flights were on time. It was a little touch and go getting out of Aspen but, after de-icing the plane, we were able to take off and made it to Atlanta in plenty of time for our connection. Thankful for time away with my favorite people doing something we all enjoy! Best spring break ever!!

We got up on Tuesday ready for our second day of skiing…and bundled up even more than the day before! It was colder – I think in the single digits with wind chill in the negative – and not very much sun. This was honestly about the coldest I’ve ever been in my life. But, we just covered every inch of exposed skin and got on with it!!

The day started a little…rough. There was a ton of snow the night before so the runs were full of fresh, deep powder. We started down a blue. Samantha fell and got stuck in the deep snow. I dug her out (I’m always the clean up crew), she fell again on top of me, my skis came off, I got her skis back on and sent her on her way. I then had to try to get my skis on and find them down the mountain. I went the way they had gone…which I’m pretty sure was an ungroomed black full of fresh, deep snow. I fell and could NOT get my skis back on. Got up, fell again, not going well. I finally finally made it down and just burst into tears because that was NOT how I was wanting to start the day. But, I made it and lived to ski another run! Thank goodness.

Despite the temps and gray skies, we had a great day. Can’t you just see how cold it is in these pics?

But we were proud of ourselves!

We eventually stopped for a much needed lunch break…

and then the sun peeked out for just a bit! Hooray!

We kept skiing until the lifts closed…

I sure do love to watch them zoom past me!

That night we finally warmed up and made it into the village to have dinner…

A successful day 2 of skiing!!

We flew out to Aspen for spring break last week and spent 4 days zooming down the slopes of Snowmass! It was an awesome trip!! Best weather, best company, best time!

We landed and quickly realized we weren’t in Birmingham anymore when the 20 degree temp hit our face!

Our room wasn’t quite ready so we got some pizza and checked out the cute village.

Look at that icicle!

That afternoon we got all of our skis and gear and took it easy with room service. I love vacation! The next morning we bundled up to hit the slopes – the high for the day was 14!!

We got an instructor to go out with us the first day and that was a great call. He helped everyone get their ski legs back and showed up some good runs to take and gave us good tips for how to navigate the area.

It was SO SO SO cold but the snow was great! We handled it just fine…as long as the sun was shining! Nothing a little mid-morning hot chocolate break won’t fix!

The kids got right back into skiing and I was so impressed. We were all glad to have Patrick leading the way the first day.

An awesome first day on the mountain!!

When we got back, we braved the 11 degree temperature in our robe to get in the hot tub! Delightful!

Day 1 success!!