THE FLYING V'S

I'm the first person to admit that the months of January and February are pure torture. I've always had a sleeve filled with a few tricks to surviving the gloomy, grey, inversion filled days. But this year I re-discovered my favorite coping mechanism for the winter blues.

Thanks to a rockin crowd of fellow moms who were willing to take the initiative to organize a Friday ski club, I've been sailing through the past 60 days of expected melancholy. This has been one of my easiest winters to survive and I succeeded with the recruitment of 6 fantastic friends.

Friday mornings we meet at one of the "mom" houses with ski gear and toddlers in tow. One mom stays home with the 8 miscellaneous children (ages 5,5,4,4,4,2,2,1) while the rest of us pack our ski gear into a minivan and head to our playground - Snowbasin. We jam in as many John Paul or Needle runs as we can get our freshly waxed skis down. We hunt for untracked powder or fresh groomers from 9-noon and when our legs have given way to fatigue, when our laughter has echoed through the gondolas, and when the girl talk has filled our buckets we pile back into the minivan and head back to reality. 1pm kindergarten pick up gets underway after snatching up our little ones from the designated sitter and we re-commit to next Friday. We've had 9 solid weeks of empowering ourselves, pushing our skills, and strengthening our connection as fellow mothers and women who love the outdoors. It's totally worth babysitting 8 kids for a few hours twice this season and I wouldn't have traded my last 9 Friday's for the world.

Thanks Ladies!!!

Shout out to Jan, Jami, Jessica, Natalie, Lori, and the occasional visitor Casey... may our next few weeks continue with love, laughter and good old double diamond powder runs.

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THERE IS SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL TODAY

Oh how my soul is singing as the rays of sun are warming my body. March has greeted us with equal parts lion and lamb.

The weather has brought the perfect balance of spring skiing powder runs on the weekend and warm park days in between. Today the sun was beckoning me and the children out to the backyard.

The kids are such an entertaining age right now and it makes for guaranteed laughable moments each day. We played, bounced, danced, and laid on the trampoline for hours today. The blue sky and white tufted clouds were perfect laying on our backs in a heap and finding alligators, ducks, and lizards in the sky.  We rolled up our sleeves and let the sun kiss our skin while we kissed each others cheeks.  Spring is here and so is the funnest stage of toddlerhood, together they're going to make the perfect combination for a supreme summer.

 WELCOME SPRING 2014