Family Ski Day on President's Day

Due to Ella's Saturday gymnastics' schedule, our days are limited this winter season to get up on the slopes as a family.  Since the kids and Ron had today off due to President's Day, we bought our lift tickets several weeks ago to go skoarding.  Due to a strange turn of events, I ended up driving both Ella and Emmett to meet my dad in Auburn last night to pass them over to him so that my parents could watch them overnight and today.  This is due to the fact that a really bad cut on Ella's toe (that she got from the vault during her gymnastics meet last week) became infected with a staph infection a few days later.  As a result, I had to take her to the doctor's office yesterday to get her put on ten days of antibiotics.  We knew that a tight, ski boot would not feel good on Ella's foot for eight hours, so we decided last minute to have her join Emmett at my parent's house. So, just the two older kids joined Ron and me for a day at White Pass today.  We met up with Elle and her dad and the six of us had a really good time spending the morning and afternoon together.  It turned out to be really snowy, windy, and a total whiteout at the top of the mountain for the morning which would have made Ella miserable, so it turned out to be a good thing that she didn't come with us.  After our lunch break, the sun came out a bit and we enjoyed skoarding in the afternoon with some beautiful views.  Ever since we "graduated" to the top of the mountain with Logan and Ella last spring, I have really enjoyed these family ski days, spending time outside in the beautiful mountains with my children and husband at my side.  Here's to hoping that we can squeeze in one more day in March and in April before the season is over for another year!

The one family photo we had Elle take of us at the top of the mountain.

Lia and Logan and the beautiful, snow covered trees.

Lia skiing down a run.

Logan cruising past me.

We all laughed at how the front of Logan's hair became completely encrusted with snow and ice during the morning.  It totally looked like he had a fur lining on the front of his helmet.  Sadly, it melted during our lunch break.

Elle, Logan, and Lia ready to go down the mountain

Logan and Ron flexing their muscles with some beautiful trees behind them.

Logan and I at the top of the mountain after our lunch break when we got some blue skies and visibility back!

My two older kiddos and me.

The stunning view from the top of  the Couloir run after the sun came out for the afternoon.