Family Ski Trip!

We all went cross country skiing at Kelly on Monday. Everyone was there but no pictures of Dad and Adam because Adam was being a slow poke. Bummer.

We ended up splitting into two groups. Group Pete, Sam, Em, and Rory stopped to warm up at the warming hut and took a few pictures.

Oh, that picture was too nice. Here's the real one.


Pete being so happy to ski... and Sam being something.

Plus there was hot chocolate at the end! What a wonderful family ski trip.

Christmas Cookies

One of our family traditions is making Christmas cookies together. Well, at least frosting them together. The more frosting the better.

Skiing at Idlewilde

We went skiing with a group of friends on Saturday. It was really fun! And it was the perfect day for skiing too. Nice and sunny and no wind. I didn't take very many pictures and the ones I did take didn't have everyone in them. We had 11 people in all!

Christmas Trees and Skis

Here's a picture of the finished product. I've really been enjoying it especially because it took so much work to get it.

I've also been enjoying living on 25 acres. I have my very own cross country ski course. It's nice.

Be Vewy Vewy Quiet...

We're hunting Christmas twees. This is not a Christmas tree. It's a wild turkey. We saw it on our way to the Christmas trees. We also nearly ran over a couple of pheasant hens.

The mighty hunter searching for prey.

The thing about skiing in a mile and then killing your Christmas tree is you have to ski out a mile dragging the thing. Dead weight Christmas trees are heavy! Rory tried harnessing just himself but it didn't work too well so we had to turn it into a team effort. I admit, I was cranky.

We finally got the stupid thing back to the car and tied on top. We were pretty tired.

But we had hot cider in a nifty new thermos waiting for us so the day ended up good. Plus we got a lot of exercise. I was so exhausted I couldn't even aim the camera so half my face got cut off. Oh well. We now have a beautiful Christmas tree gracing our lovely living room. It looked a lot smaller outside.