Playin' Hooky

So about 7 o'clock on a Tuesday, we decided to drive up to North Carolina and ski the next day. Chris worked it out with work and the girls played "hooky" from school. Isn't that a great lesson to teach them, they can miss school for a good reason like... going skiing. Anyway, we loaded up the car, after an ordeal getting all of our ski stuff, and headed to the snowy mountains Above: the first lift ride of the day
Below: the second lift ride of the day... I started taking the frostbite warning seriously

And, don't let the beautiful sunshine fool you... it was about 9 degrees up top. It did warm up to a balmy 17 or so by the end of the day! You know on the movie "Dumb & Dumber", when they ride the little motorbike through the cold weather and icicles start to form? Yeah, something like that...
It was actually much warmer toward the bottom of the mountain where the girls spent most of their day. They rode the magic carpet on the bunny slope a couple of times, and spent the rest of the day on the green slopes with thier instructor. By the time we picked them up, they were hitting jumps, skiing off through the trees, and flying down the hill! We are going to have a hard time keeping up with them pretty soon!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

What a treat... a beautiful snow shower to end a long weekend.
the view out of the kitchen window above

Reese and a friend, Maddy.

... and, A Happy New Year!

Breakin the new house in w/ a little New Year's Eve get together