Ski Bunny Chronicles

We had an absolutely beautiful, fantastic trip to Montana! The rental house we stayed in was a dream. The kids were right in calling it a mansion. There were five bedrooms with ensuites for all the couples on the trip, and then an eight person bunk room with its own separate lockers and bathroom for the kids to store their items. They LOVED it. We had a downstairs game room, and then an open upstairs main area with a big great room and fireplace, a chef's kitchen and a dining room table that fit all of us. The trip was eighteen of us - ten parents and eight kids, and everyone got along like a dream. Lots of coparenting, helping keeping the kitchen cleaned and the kids fed and the skies headed downhill.

The snow was great, and we had one beautiful clear bluebird day. Ellie is really turning into a serious ski bunny - she cried on the last day because she wanted to do more skiing.

Adam had a rather hit or miss trip. The first day he only did a half day, and then complained about how boring it was. We put him in full day ski school the next day and got a call around 10 that he'd fallen and wasn't hurt, but was refusing to put his gear back on. By the time I got the message and relayed it to Tim, Adam was back out on the slopes. This is only video we got of him over the weekend. 

Because then on Valentine's Day, which was our scheduled day off, he woke up at 1:30 in the morning throwing up. Initially we thought it might be altitude sickness, which affected him badly last year, but as the hours went on and he kept getting sick we realized it was a stomach bug. So he spent all of Valentine's Day and the 15th lying in our bed, trying to keep down Cheerios and watching a Teen Titans marathon. Tim and I took turns with him on Valentine's, and then on the 15th he skied in the morning and I went out for the afternoon and a final run with Ellie Belles, who took off like a shot on a slope that last year was much too tough for her, despite being a green. 

In between we did some sledding, lots of puzzles, lots of Minecrafting for the kids. They also made each a whackload of cute Valentine's. We did apre ski every day and they got hot chocolate while we had hot toddies and overall, just an amazing time.  Now if only we could manage a family vacation that doesn't include Adam throwing up.