Thursday, January 16, 2014

Our Ski Adventure at Winter Park Resort - January 2014

What a snowy adventure we had for Harrison and Declan's first attempt at skiing! We went up to the Winter Park Ski Resort for two nights and two days of ski lessons and it snowed the whole first night and day...and it was windy! But, they were both brave little troopers and went up the ski lifts and skied on the mountain with their instructors. Even though we signed up for semi-private half day lessons, they ended up getting private lessons since no one else signed up. Harrison and Declan both had fun skiing, but it really wiped Declan out. He was exhausted! Harrison made it through three hours of skiing on both days...and Declan was asleep when we picked him up the second day. He did make it down 2 runs on the mountain before he fell asleep, though. The snow was a lot of fun and we had a great time on our winter adventure!

 Fueling up for Day 1 of ski lessons!

 Greetings from the giant Coca-Cola bear.

 Harrison jumped in every pile of snow he saw...and sank into a few, too!

 What a nice big brother!

 Getting geared up.



Skiing on Day 1...Harrison made it to Level 3!
These photos were taken at the little ski school hill, but Harrison and Declan both skied on the mountain most of the time.


 Heading over to the ski lift to go up the mountain on Day 2. 
Much better weather!

 A well-deserved snack after an exhausting two days of learning to ski.

On the gondola back to the car.

Ski trip complete! 

Nana and the 49ers Fan Club - 1/12/14

I wonder who these guys were cheering for on Sunday?

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Tubing at Copper Mountain - 1/11/14

Declan tried out tubing today for the first time and had a blast! Kevin, Nana, Declan, and Nick drove up to the Copper Mountain Ski Resort to check out all the fresh snow; and while the traffic was apparently a nightmare, the tubing was fun. Declan even went down in a single tube all by himself on the last run!

Meet Frosty! - 1/10/14

Harrison and Declan's cousin, Nick, is visiting us from CA along with Nana. The snow was irresistible for Nick and Declan yesterday and they were on a quest to build a snowman! I think Frosty turned out to be pretty irresistible, too. 

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Happy New Year! 1/1/14

It was snowing this morning when we woke up to a new year! So, of course, Harrison and Declan had to go out and play and shovel the driveway. The snow didn't last long, but it was fun! We had our first snowball fight of the year and lots of rides down the driveway on the snow shovel.

Harrison wanted to try out the new snow goggles he got for skiing. His first lesson is in a couple weeks.

 Snow angels were first on the list of activities!


Declan seems to think 'snow time' = 'snack time'. He loves to eat the snow!

A happy start to 2014.