Being a PNW kid means knowing how to ski! Scott and I want to get the kids comfortable on skis while they are young but haven't been able to commit to weekly ski lessons mainly because it's such a big time commitment. Since we had MLK day off, we figured it would be a good weekend to drive a bit further out and try Mission Ridge, a new-to-us ski hill where the girls could take a few lessons over the course of the weekend. Unfortunately, the kids classes were super booked and we only got the girls in 1 class each, but I think it was still a good trip!
Evie's taken a few classes in the past but finally got on a chair this time. She was loving it so much that after her morning lesson, Scott took her up a few more times and even got her to do a blue run! I"m so proud of her - I don't think *I* have even done a blue run before!
Nora hit a milestone too - she tried out the tow rope for the first time. That thing is super tricky and everyone was falling all over the place because they couldn't hold on. But, she said she cried only a little and was a trooper doing her little pizza wedges to come down the bunny hill.
Do you see Nora straight ahead?
Trying out the skis
Cute ski-bunny
Evie loved skiing with Daddy
Daddy loves that his girls are skiing!
We spent the night at a nearby hotel and then broke up the ~2.5 hr drive home with a snowshoe hike. We were very close to the epic snoeshoe trip we did last year on the way home from Leavenworth that the girls still rave about. We tried a different trail and this time, we were able to walk a lot further and had a lot of fun building a fort and having a snowball fight (girls vs boy) when we stopped at an open field.
Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.
We got back from our week long cruise to Alaska and ready to go again! We all had a great time but really the best part of our trip was all the family time we spent with my parents, Way and her family and Kin and his family. I think the last time we all vacationed together was back in 2015 when we all went to Kauai . It was so long ago that not all the littles had even been born yet! So yes, a big family vacay was long overdue. The kiddos loooooved spending time with their cousins, whether it was playing bingo or ping pong, or biking and hiking or just hanging out at meal time or playing mahjong. It helped that since we were all on vacation mode, we didn't push (too hard) on eating healthy or limiting screentime. It also really helped that the service on the ship was so accommodating to the kids and (pretty good) pizza, ice cream and drinks were available at all hours. I was happy with the ship we picked too. The Quantum of the Seas is nearly 20 years old (first sailed in 2014) bu...
Evie got a skateboard recently so our usual scoot and bike nights now also include her skateboarding. Here's a short video of her, Scott and Nora rolling down the street.
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