1st ski trip of the year!

On Saturday we drove to the mountains for a quick ski getaway. We had been wanting to go and our weekends are filling up really quickly with gymnastics competitions, ball hockey, etc. I found a groupon for Mount Norquay and Chris had been wanting to try that resort so we gave it a shot. We got to Canmore around 3:00. We checked into our hotel and then went for a hike along the bow river. It was pretty nice outside so we had a really enjoyable walk. Afterwards we hit up some stores and then had a nice dinner.




Sunday we got up early and headed to Norquay! On the way we saw a few dozen caribou hanging around the hotel which is always fun to see. We got to the ski hill and about 45 minutes later we were all geared up and on the ski lift! This marks the first time all 5 of us went skiing at the same time. Max and Mya can take care of themselves on the chair lifts now and on the mountain so Chris has to just take care of Ivy. It takes everything I have to take care of myself out there so I can't be in charge of anyone else! Luckily Chris is a big picture guy and he knows if he puts the time in now, the kids will be independent skiers soon and we can enjoy many years of family fun. So basically Max, Mya and I had a great day while Chris just went back and forth across the mountain with Ivy teaching her turns and control. We lasted about 5 hours with a small break for Max and Mya and a big break for Ivy. She kept calling the chalet "swiss chalet" (which is a restaurant here:)




After we skied, we decided to try out the snow tubing hill they have at Norquay. It was included with our groupon. Even though we had about 45 minutes until they closed, we still got 5 runs in and it was super fun. Each person has to be on their own individual tube, but you can hook together as many as 5 at a time so we had a blast doing that. It was ridiculously fast and cold, but totally worth it.



Click Here for a video of Max and Mya coming down on the tubes.