skiing weekend...

Last weekend was one of those weekends where plans just spiraled out of control.... but in a good way! The original plan was to go skiing with Clara's friend and her family on Monday.... then Jeff got an email from Alex's friend's dad to see if they wanted to go skiing on Sunday. That was all good. Then I suggested to Jeff that he and Alex just spend the night in WI Sunday night instead of driving back and forth. Jeff then asks if Clara could just come along too on Sunday instead of just going on Monday. We got Alex's seal of approval since it was his outing with his friend that she would be tagging along on. I spoke to Clara's friend's mom about the new plan and she decided that they would join them later on Sunday and spend the night as well!! And this new plan left me home alone :-)

So, Jeff and the kids loaded the car on Saturday evening so they could be on the road between 6:00 and 6:30 am Sunday morning. Their plan was to meet their friends and be on the slopes by 10am.

It was crowded....
But they still had a really great time! Jeff tried to take some video that day, but there were just too many red and pink jackets so what little video he took, ended up being of random people in red and pink jackets, so he gave up. :-)

He did take several photos for me though!

The boy and his friend....
They used to be on swim team together (in fact they met in swim lessons a few years ago). They don't get together as much as they would like due to their schedules, but they had such a great time skiing/snowboarding together, that plans are already in the works for another outing.

The boy, his friend and his friend's dad....
Around lunchtime, Clara's friend and her family showed up. Here are the girls at lunch....
... Alex, on the other hand, never stopped skiing long enough to have lunch.

The girls getting ready to leave the slopes so they could swim at the hotel....
... Alex was exhausted and hungry at this point as well. So, they all headed back to the hotel to swim in the pool and have pizza. Around this time, I got the opportunity to meet my friend out at a coffee shop and then we went for a two+ hour browse through the used book store! Such a nice outing for me!

Clara ended up spending the night with her friend in their hotel room.

The next morning everyone was out on the slopes early....
.... even without their skis apparently!!




Due to bad weather in Wisconsin, they didn't get home until dinner time. And now we're paying for it a bit since Clara came home from school yesterday with a fever and is home again today. However, they had such a great time, that I believe she would say that it was worth it! :-)