Ski Weekend!!

One of our New Year’s resolutions was to spend more time with our nieces and nephews so we invited them all on a ski weekend. Five of them were able to join us up at Mt Baker the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of December. We rented a cute log cabin about 20 minutes from the lodge and all arrived Friday evening. Well….actually, Darin, Leah (age 17), Tyson (age 22) and I all arrived Friday evening. Logan (age 19) had to work until 11 PM so Tyler (age 22) and Dallas (age 19) met him and they all drove up together – arriving at the cabin around 2 AM.





In spite of the lack of sleep they were all up by 7:30 AM ready to hit the slopes. Darin and I manned the table in the lodge (I was working on homework for my Psychology class) while the 5 skiers enjoyed the snow and sunshine. I think the photos below pretty much speak for themselves).








After the mountain closed, we headed back to the cabin and ate pasta and LOTS of snacks and watched movies (Tommy Boy and Blast From The Past). Unfortunately, we also had to endure significant amounts of flatulence. Considering these are all my brother’s children, I shouldn’t have been surprised!!

Sunday morning we amazingly were able to get everyone up and out the door in time to get to meeting in Bellingham by 10:30 – including a stop at Starbucks! After meeting we all went to Jeff & Bonnita’s, where Bonnita had made a WONDERFUL lunch of roast beef and her fabulous sour cream potatoes with fresh, warm chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

And, to top it all off the boys "dressed up" in big glasses and hats. Who does Logan remind you of?



We had a great time with Tyler, Tyson, Dallas, Logan & Leah – they are amazing, smart and funny individuals and we love them all SO MUCH. Next time, hopefully the rest of the kids can come along too (even though they are all getting grown up and Anna-Lisa is even married – we will probably always call them kids!!)