Tahoe

We had the opportunity to take a last minute trip to Tahoe!  And, wow---what fun we had:)

We did snow tubing for an hour---which was exhausting but awesome.  Then, we decided to teach ourselves to snow board!!!!!!

Right, yes, we are crazy people.  This trip to the mountain had plenty of tears, screaming, falling, laughing, snow ball throwing, wet pants, and oh, falling!!!!!

After we set the girls and let them go, they were amazing!!  They actually looked like they knew what they were doing:)

Here are some photos~

Faith- "resting"

....thank goodness for the soul that decided there needed to be a magic carpet in the middle of the mountain!

Dalaina- "resting"

...hind sight, as we all know, is 20/20.  Next time, helmets and lessons!!

Look at Dalaina go!

...of course she was heading right for a JUMP!!!!

what we didn't know how to do was stop and turn--minor details, right?!  especially since there are huge rocks and trees everywhere.  (again hind sight)   When I saw the danger ahead, all I would do is yell "sit" and they would do just that, which means "fall" !

Here, Faith was doing great!!

Rule number 1--don't let the little ones touch you while you are strapped to your board!

Dad-helping out, well, trying:)

(notice Faith coming down behind them~  she cruised right by me and I nearly missed it)

I said nearly missed it--of course I got a picture~  she looks like a pro!

Oh, it was a great weekend:)  We certainly will remember it for a long time!  I'll especially remember my daughters letting their boards slide all the way down the mountain, me diving into the snow face first to catch atleast one of the boards,  the man on the lift above us yelling at me for my children not have their boards attached to their feet, Faith and I failing miserably at trying to get off of the lift-(we fell and just stayed lying down in the snow so the lift could go over us-only to have the man push the emergency stop button and come untangle our feet and pick us up), buying a bottle of water (because I was parched and had tonsillitis) for $4.00 only to have it fall out of my pocket while riding the lift up the mountain, and oh, I could go on but the tears from laughter are obstructing my typing!!!  I won't even go into how my poor body felt the next morning!