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Snowmobiling In The Stratus Clouds

Abby has been learning about clouds at school and when we got the the highest point on our snowmobile trip (12,000 feet) we were up with the clouds we couldn't even see the Continental Divide until we dropped a bit lower.
The sun was gone and the snow was coming down on and off. We had dressed in our ski gear but the guides suggested, since we were from Houston, to go ahead and put snowsuits on. We looked and felt like marshmallows! And before we left David and I were starting to sweat like pigs! Fortunately, that didn't last too long.
Olivia got to ride with the guide, so she had an extra fun ride!
At one point the girls got to ride on little snowmobiles but only round and round a track.....they wanted to take off on the trail, but they loved having control for a little while. I was impressed Emily could actually drive it and stay on course! They loved it.

Olivia


Emily in the tan and Abby behind her.



David had Emily on his snowmobile and she kept dosing off! It was funny, the guide told him that would happen with little ones her age. How you drive and try to hold on to a sleeping kid....I don't know how David did it!
We stopped on the way down for some yummy hot chocolate, that Emily gulped down before any of us had finished!
Before we knew it our tour was over....and it was time to get out of the marshmallow clothes....but all the girls wanted to do was play in the mounds and mounds of snow everywhere!

ski school complete

No pictures of the great day we had. It's hard to bring a camera to the slopes, especially when you are in ski school all day.
It was a beautiful sunny day. We could not have asked for better weather for learning how to ski.
The girls had a blast. I actually enjoyed myself and didn't fall once! David said he shouldn't have bothered with ski school but after 15 years he was thinking he might need a refresher course.....apparently once you learn how, (just like riding a bike) you don't forget.
Olivia was our star skier. She picked it right up and her instructer said she was really good and ready to go. Abby is good but needed more practice. They both went on the ski lifts multiple time and went on a trail that I didnt' even go on during my lessons!
Emily had a blast and made friends with the lifts guys that were running the magic carpet. Her intructer said she did great for a 4 year old. And even though she didn't know it is was already using her edges to turn. She had fun and wants to go back. Which see will, as she was not ready to try out the lifts and go down a trail.
We will take a break tomorrow from sking and go back Saturday for more sking. This time as a family!

The Ski Trip Begins and so does the Silky Saga!

It was a very long travel day.....we started by car then plane, train, bus, then another car and at last after 14 hours we arrive at our destination.....Copper Mountain Colorado!
Unfortunately before we even left Houston we realized two of our children had left there silkies!!! Of course the oldest was beside herself and pretty much cried the entire trip except when she was sleeping!
We stopped at Walmart to buy our groceries for the week, and David told her we would buy her another one there. Well it wasn't you typical suburban Walmart....the baby section was some what lacking, so we ending up with a maroon size 20 slip, that we cut in half so they could each have one. Not that Abby really needed it, she never cried or was bothered by the fact that she did not have her silky.
We arrived in the dark and it was very very cold in the negative degrees and it seemed like it took forever for our condo to warm up!
We are hoping for a sunny day tomorrow as we all head off to ski school!