Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
After dinner at Buzz’s in Naples we were playing Bananagrams and realized we had left our shovels down at the beach! Uh oh! Not wanting them to wash away we headed down there right around 8pm and the kids ran out to the beach to grab them. Maxwell quickly called me and said I had to get out there…this is why!
Spectacular!
I don’t know why we’ve never headed to the beach for sunset before! Naples is the best.
The day after school got out – and after our trip to the dentist! – the kids and I hopped on a plane and headed down to Naples! Doesn’t everyone looked thrilled to be sitting together…
We got there and headed straight to Bricktop’s for a good meal and an evening stroll around Waterside…
Maxwell then gave GJ the awesome beach scene painting he made for her! I didn’t get a picture of it somehow but it’s awesome!
The next day we had lunch at the beach club…
and then headed to the beach for some serious mini pool digging.
A fantastic beach day!
That night we tried dinner at a new place to us – Buzz’s Lighthouse. Water views and good food!
I love vacation with my favorite people!
Last day, best day!
Twinkies!
While it wasn’t sunny all day it was sunny most of the day and we were happy! There was still plenty of fresh powder…
A little bit of sunshine really does make ALL the difference!
When we stopped for lunch early, Samantha walked into some snow that hadn’t been touched since the day before. Look how deep in just one night!
Up to her knees!
I do love all the quality time we get to spend together on these ski trips! Lots of time with my favorite silly peeps!
We did one more run through the back bowls after lunch…
We all enjoyed the pretty afternoon weather and went out on a high note!
Can’t beat it!
We flew home the next day – a few hours delayed but worn out and happy!
Another successful spring break in the books! Where are we going next year?
Tuesday started with a little more sunshine than we had the day before so things were looking good!
Temps were still really REALLY cold but a little sunshine goes a long way!
Everyone appreciates the lunch break always.
Post lunch and sun still shining!
We skied the back bowls which were really cool – but also hard to see as the clouds starting moving in and visibility got lower. Everything was just white and it was difficult to tell changes in terrain!
By afternoon we got on a lift and literally watched the storm move in while we rode up the mountain.
By the time we got to the top you could barely see the chair in front of us…
and it was another white out even scarier than yesterday!
We made our way inside for a hot chocolate break at that point! Thankfully the rest of the day wasn’t quite as snowy and we made our way back down to the mountain cold, tired and happy! We all had prime rib that night at the Lancelot Inn and were ready for out last day on the mountain!
The temps for Monday were looking downright frigid so we all covered our faces, got our hand warmers ready, and made our way out!
We got to the top of the mountain and it was COLD and GRAY! It had snowed all night and there was so much fresh powder. It was awesome and miserable all at once! ha!
It also snowed on us almost all day long! Any skin showing was a goner…not sure how Robert is braving it here!
The moguls on the blacks are even harder with so much fresh powder. We all attempted a few and some made it down better than others (meaning Maxwell flew down every one and I was lucky to get down without falling!). I think Samantha took a tumble here…
but there were others she mastered with no issue!
Freezing but fun!!
Not so fun? a white out! Scary and thankfully didn’t last very long.
Despite the conditions, we skied all day from 8am to 4pm and never slowed down! Love my adventurous crew!! We more than earned this after the long, cold day…
Ready for day 3!