Spring Skiing

So our 2012-2013 ski season is done, but we are truly in awe of the leaps and bounds our kids have made this year.  They did a local ski program and did afternoon lessons for 10 Thursdays in a row and today they had a few more runs on their "bucket list" that they wanted to attempt (these are the same kids who are obsessed with trail maps and double black diamonds).  So after Dan did a test run, we decided with the spring slush that we'd take them both down Waterfall, a double black diamond run that Ben has been wanting to do all season.  Not only did both children do the run with relative ease, they decided to continue ticking off more runs and proceeded to ski all over the mountain for the rest of the afternoon.  The list included: Peril's Ridge (for Ben), Three Sisters, Palasades and Lower Our Father.  If they can do all this at age 5 and 7, I'm a little worried...    Enjoy the short clip of them skiing, including a few photos, we had the pleasure of skiing with Megan and Miles for a few runs.

A day of costume Fun

I wish I could capture the boundless engery of my children and put it in a bottle... they seriously never cease to amaze me.  Today, Josh spent the day dressed as a serpentine with a cape (it started off black, then went to silver, b/c really, we all know your cape has to change through out the day right?).

So we went out to lunch, because I'm trying to get some extra Outside Inn blog material, so my superheroes went out to eat too, they don't even bat an eyelash when the server comments on their outfits.

And then Ben decided he was hot and changed out of his costume, but Josh just kept going... so we went Geo-caching around downtown Nevada City with our friends Tara and Clara.

And then he ate ice cream... all while dressed in a costume and cape.  I love my little guys.

Bridgeport

My fabulous research assistants enjoyed our hike along the Buttermilk Bend Trail (okay, they whined a few times, but you can't hear that in the photos).  For more photos check out the Outside Inn blog post I  put together.

Josh at The Fix

I'm editing photos for Outside Inn blog posts, and seriously, how cute is my research assistant?  He looks like he's really struggling with this assignment, right?

Skiing at Sugar Bowl

We went skiing at Sugar Bowl, thanks to some social media love from their marketing department (click here for the Outside Inn blog post).  Ben has reached the point where he can ski some extremely difficult runs, he enjoyed skiing down sections of Mt Lincoln and Disney.  Josh, of course, wants to keep up with his brother...  Excellent snow... enjoyed our lunch on the deck at the old lodge (sandwiches from home), and unfortunately had to cut our day short because of a sick coworker at the motel.  But always a treat to go ski somewhere different.

Skiing at Squaw

This is a photo from Alpine Meadows yesterday, spring skiing with Dan, such a treat to race around the hill while the boys are off taking lessons.

We went on a ski vacation today... took the bus to Squaw.  I chuckle because we're such Alpine Meadows enthuasists, that we rarely venture from the "agenda."  (It's hard when you were brainwashed with the program from an early age, you know get to the resort at a certain time, eat your lunch in the same spot, quit at the same time, etc).  So today, we decided to be brave and try something new.

And check out the video of the boys in the half pipe.  Click here for the You Tube link (somehow blogger has cropped this embedded video a bit).