Ain't he the cutest?
We had a great time up at Copper Mountain this weekend. No traffic, great weather, Curren went to sleep no problem (slept all the way until 6am the first night), kids had a great time at ski/snowboarding school and our place was in the perfect location.
It would be so wonderful to have a place up in the mountains, to get away from the "city" for a weekend whenever you want, but since we're just ordinary folk we make due with finding great deals at great places in the mountains.
Enjoy some pictures from our weekend.
In the main village at Copper. Lots of cute shops and restaurants. Saturday evening they had some festivities Rick took the boys too. Fire jugglers, and a fireworks show. They had a lot of fun with Daddy that evening.
The main village also has a pond/small lake which they use for ice skating in the winter. We didn't rent skates. Who needs them when you have your tennis shoes? Later that evening when Rick took the boys out again they were in boots and he said the boots were way more slippery so when they walked on the ice both of them landed on their bootays!
Taking the shuttle bus to "The Schoolhouse". What Copper calls the location for all the lessons.
Kellen was soo excited for his ski lessons.
We dropped Kellen off inside at the schoolhouse where an instructor took him upstairs until it was time for his lesson to start. We had to wait with Aidan until his lesson began and drop him off outside by all these flags. One thing that was really cool Copper does is assign/attach a GPS tracking device to every child and instructor. So in case someone gets lost or separated they can find that person. Pretty cool. You can kind've see the red GPS device around Kellen's leg.
Aidan all geared up and ready for his lesson.
Getting ready to snowboard. Oh ya, and Burton/Sports Authority has this great deal where Burton allows you to rent a kids' board and boots for the whole season and gives you a free lesson at Copper for $100. Pretty good deal that we took advantage of.
On our way to pick up the big boys from their lessons.
Here's Aidan waiting his turn to go down the "bunny slope". I wouldn't even call it a bunny slope, it's so gradual, but great for beginners. I swear ski lessons are so much better than when I was little. The hills are so gradual, they have a magic carpet - a conveyor belts type thing which transport the kids from the bottom of the hill to the top - no chair lifts at this point. GPS tracking devices, helmets, etc. I remember when I tried skiing. I took a chairlift with another girl who inadvertently pushed me back against the chair while she was trying to get off so I had to jump from the lift as they stopped it. Very scary for a little girl who's always been afraid of heights. And no helments either. Wow, how did we all survive?
He's boarding! Even if it was just for a few seconds! Way to go!
Kellen riding up the magic carpet I explained earlier.
Such a big boy. Poor little girl behind Kellen was crying. I think she had had enough for the day!
What a cutie too huh? I didn't get any good pictures of Kellen skiing down the hill. He was farther away from where the parents were allowed to stand. (We broke the rules with this picture and stood in the snowmobile lane.) Plus there were a TON of skiers so he had to wait, and wait, and wait his turn. He was so patient though. I'm sure he loved riding up the hill the best. His teacher said he was smiling and laughing the whole day.
3 comments:
Curren is such a cutie. I love those dimples. Who shrank the other 2?
I am so glad you had a great weekend. Love Curren's picture. Cute family
Fabulous! We'd also love to get a place up in the mountains: here's a thought. When we're all well-off, we get a time-share together. No more normal folk for us!
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