Christmas Skiing

Christmas 2012 at Alpine Meadows.  The crew included, going left to right, JT, Wes, Erin, Dan, Evans, Dieter, Ben, Megan, Josh, Roz and Dan.  Happy holidays!  And below is a clip of the boys skiing down.

And the first photo is from the 23rd, white out conditions don't really tell the whole story...  Just ask the boys about the "horrifyingly windy" ride up Roundhouse before they closed the chair.

But, that much snow leads to amazing days like the one below...

celebratings December

Celebrating December: Christmas trees, Santa Claus, Hanukkah, dreidels, family, candy canes...  Today, is a day, when I have stopped, hugged my children and taken a deep breath to appreciate all of these festive moments.  My heart goes out to those families effected in Connecticut.  So when the kids wont listen, argue with you about cleaning up the legos or require you to ask them 8 times to put on their shoes, I'm still thankful to kiss them goodnight at the end of the day.  Celebrating today and thankfully tomorrow and lighting a candle for those who are not as fortunate.

Doing school work

A few photos from yesterday's homework session.  Josh has been working on his lessons too, even though he's not technically in school, because obviously he wants to be like Ben.  And the costumes require zero explanation, right?