Breck Spring Break 2015, part 2

Catch up on Part I here!

Day 2 was Saturday.  While the rest of our party slept in and did other exciting things, our family (including Grandude) made our way up the mountain to watch The Boy compete in his first snow boarding competition.  I'm pretty proud of myself, because the trek included rides on a gondola, on a chairlift and a "brisk 10 minute" walk up  the side of a mountain for me to reach the competition viewing site.

We had a few confusing minutes trying to purchase this "adult walking ticket"...apparently not many people purchase tickets in the winter to not ski or board (surprise?).  It was so confusing that the young lady selling the tickets had to go get the help of a lady my age who giggled with me about "at least it uses a zip tie instead of those metal and sticker passes".

The Boy did well in his competition--it was ages 7 (and under) through 16 and he scored 4th overall, only two points off the 3rd place winner who got to go to the finals.  The kids who placed 1-3 were older, too, so we are all very excited!

He looks tiny, doesn't he?  My mother-in-law, after watching a video we shared with her, said he looked like a "little red gingerbread man".

He kept his race bib...perhaps to have it framed sometime!

While watching the competition, we made  ourselves comfy--it was super warm and The Girl and I made snow chairs and tiny little snowmen while watching the other competitors.  We also got a little sunburned and retreated under the trees for a little while!

We had lunch at the Vista House restaurant while waiting for results (did I mention he missed the finals by two points?) and then The Girl was nice enough to ride the chairlift and gondola back down the mountain with me.  She agreed,  by the way, going down on the chairlift is not a lot of fun...

Later, Mr IM, The Boy, and Grandude met us for a walk to get drinks before we headed back to the cabin to meet up with everyone else.  The Girl graciously babysat for all the younger kids so the adults could go out to Park and Main for a yummy dinner and a couple hours of adult time.  We all also managed to fit into one car, which was pretty awesome, since parking is so tight!

Spring Break 2015, part I

For spring break 2015, we returned the the scene of Spring Break 2012, Breckenridge!

This time we shared the cabin with our tablemates from the Mane Event 2014--T (her husband, S stayed home to put a new floor and walls in their laundry room), her boys, Z and M and C and R and their boys, I, M, and X.  Grandude also joined us for some fun skiing and to watch The Boy compete in a snowboard competition.  All together that meant two ten year old  boys, three eight year olds, and a three year old...and The Girl (thirteen).

While Mr. IM took the kids to school, I took Liberty to the kennel and loaded the car.  I left a little room for the kids.  Do you think we packed enough food and supplies for five days?  He, he...  Mr IM was joining us later after working a few more hours so he put the ski equipment in his car to bring up.

I picked up the house a little bit, so that our cat sitter wouldn't be too traumatized by the mess we left and hit the road....

 After picking up the kids, T and I headed to Breck.  The kids got to eat sandwiches in the car, which thye loved....RC and their kids decided to come up after X finished school for the day (The "big" kids all got out at 11:30 because it was a teacher work day or something and T and I took the day off from work) We arrived a couple hours before check-in, but decided to take our chances and see if we could get in the house.  Our code didn't work, so while waiting for the rental company to call back with the right one, the kids played in the snow and we worked on clearing off the steps (look at all that snow!!!)

 The kids had a great time climbing on the snow banks and playing in the snow.  The piles were taller than the cars.  It started snowing a little, so we were glad to be at our destination.

Later in the afternoon Mr IM joined us for a few minutes (he was not amused at waiting in the  backseat of the car) and we got our code to go in...ahhhh....

 After some unpacking and settling in, we found a beverage for Mr IM and after the rest of our group arrived, settled in for some Rumicube while the kids watched cable tv and giggled.