The Slopes and the Aggies

For Christmas, my parents gave us all lift tickets to Beaver Mountain and a few weekends ago, we took all four of our kids for a beautiful day on the slopes. Garreth and I haven't skied in years - we took Grace once when she was about five and haven't been since. We put the kids in lessons for the morning so we could ski with my parents, then after lunch we all skied together.

Sam and Declan's private lesson might have been a waste of money if it hadn't given us time to ski with the grown ups. They were so excited about playing in the snow that they didn't really learn much!

But Grace and Liam did great.

And it was so much fun to be on the mountain.

This guy was definitely the quickest learner, little athlete that he is.

Check out how Sam holds his arms - I love it!

Declan was not interested in technique, just pure speed. My biggest struggle all day was trying to teach him how to stop properly, instead of just flying down the hill as fast as you could go until you crashed.

It was such a perfect day and we had so much fun together! Thanks, Papa and Nana!!

After skiing, we went to soak our tired legs in the hot tubs at Riverdale Resort and spent the night in Preston. The next night we went to Logan to watch the Aggies basketball game, which was another thing Garreth and I haven't done in years - not since we were students there. Our kids are at such fun ages for things like this now.

The people that sat around us were especially grateful for the free foam fingers the kids got handed at the door. They ended up under my seat sometime in the first five minutes of the game!

Perfect family weekend.