Snow weekend with the Hanley's

This is a bit of an old post, but I have to share because we had such a fun weekend!

Over President's Day, the Hanleys came up for a visit with the main purpose of playing in the snow with us. They lucked out because Snowmaggedon had dropped so much that we basically couldn't get away from the snow even if we wanted to! They played with it in our backyard, at the ski slopes, and again when we went to Suncadia for a little side trip.

I don't have photos of the ski lesson, unfortunately, but Evie and Ian both got to take a class and they said they enjoyed it. Evie got to go on the Magic Carpet and was pretty bummed that she didn't get to go on a ski lift yet. Nora was supposed to take a beginner's lesson with Ian but we pulled her out at the last minute because of her black eye.

After skiing, we headed over to Suncadia for an overnight getaway. The resort has all these fun activities you can do but since Ian was sick, we stuck with partaking in the sledding hill that was right outside our building. We also had brunch (not recommended) at the Lodge before heading home the next day.

Owen's cheese face

So many cuddles!

A chocolate cupcake will make anyone with a black eye feel better!

Playing around in the bunk beds in our hotel room.

watching the action.

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