Mohawk

The day after my birthday Rick took the day off and we went skiing. We've been pretty tied to one mountain near our house all season, because they have child care for Jacob & Jane, but we've been really wanting to try somewhere else.

I hired a babysitter (for 11 hours) and we headed 2 hours away to Mohawk with the big girls. That day we woke up to 6" of new snow, and more falling. It was a bummer to be skiing in falling snow, but we bundled up, and enjoyed the ONLY snowfall we've had all year that has actually stuck!

So much fun that I didn't feel at all guilty about leaving J&J for so long. Driving up there and back I made a "no iPod" rule, and we watched Anne of Green Gables, and enjoyed the ride together.

My cute snow bunny. Emily is really improving. She can now go off small jumps, and does blue runs. Last time we went, I said "blue runs only" for the last 2 hours of the day. (You'll never get better, if you don't push yourself a little.)
Rick and Rebekah (hunkered down) on the lift.

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Rick and Emily heading up the lift.

Rebekah (not that you can tell, she's so covered.)

Riding the lift with Emily (it's non-stop chatter the whole way up.)

At the top of the run, ready to go.

I got some good video including when I passed her, turned around to keep videoing, and suddenly bit it. Apparently, I can't ski & video at the same time AND not look where I'm going. I can't figure out how to load it though, so I'll have to do that another day.

Lots of fun. I wish we'd had some more snow this year. It's warming up now so they won't be making any more. I think we've only got a couple more trips until we call it quits for the year. There are very few things all of us can do together though, and we have all enjoyed this season (Jacob even rode the lift last Saturday in his private lesson.)
We'll be back for sure next year (got to be sure we can fit in when we eventually move to Colorado!)