Red River, NM Day 2

Our 2nd day in Red River was busy busy busy. Such a fun day!

We started out with a little breakfast outside our cabin on the river.

Next, we went into town and rode the ski lifts up the mountain and did some hiking.

The kids had seen a fun looking place on the main road in town- they had a climbing wall, little cars to rent, a  mechanical bull, and indoor bumper cards.

Mr. Sasha took P for the first ride- they had a ball.

And he took WC next, but look! She fell asleep on the ride! I tell you, we have Carcolepcy! Everyone was cracking up when they pulled in.

However, she rallied pretty quickly and did the climbing wall and loved it. She did so well on the easy side they let her have a free turn on the harder side. And she did that one fast too!

After that the kids did the bumper cars. So cute!

We closed out our day by eating at Texas Reds Steakhouse. I had a grilled chicken breast stuffed with mozzarella cheese and green chilies.... it was fabulous!

Ski Trip 2010

I am so glad no one took a pic of me in my ski gear because I am 99% sure I would have passed for the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. All those layers did nothing for my figure. But I did get some cute shots of the kiddos.

After a 3 hour session of Snow Monster school, P caught on quite well and had a fab time.

WC loved the helmet and ski boots but found skiing to be quite a bit of work. She tuckered out pretty quickly and enjoyed getting Skittles at the snack bar.

Awww... look at that face!

We had a wonderful time at the little resort in Missouri this weekend. It was a great place to take the kids and introduce them to skiing. I will warn you that they have tow ropes on the learning slope and also on the smallest regular slope, and that was a new concept for me and my unmuscled arms. To say it was rough would be an understatement. I just didn't have enough strength to hold on to the rope and make it to the top.

And please please please put helmets on your kids if you take them skiing. One of the 5 year old boys in our group actually got hit in the head by a snowboard, and if he hadn't had on a helmet.... well, I don't want to think about that. Thank goodness he did.

How cute is my family?

How cute are they? Smores night on our vacay.....

Day 1 Report

We had a fabulous time and will be going back for more today. I dig a park that sells beer right next to the cotton candy.

This was a total switch. The Politician was all about posing with Shamu, and The Wild Child wouldn't get any closer than this. Totally opposite from how they normally act in situations like this.




The sea lion show is a family favorite.

The Politician was super excited to feed them, and Mr. Sasha and I still marveled that Sea World can talk park-goers into paying $4 a tray to feed their fish.