One huge perk of Division II is the new rule that there is no practice or games during a period toward the end of December. We HAD to take advantage of this, especially now that we’re only a few hours from the snow.
Unfortunately, after the 3 hour car ride and with tennis shoes on, Ace quickly realized that snow is COLD and WET. NOT A HAPPY CAMPER.
His first introduction to snow wasn’t exactly ideal, but he eventually warmed up to it with some warmer gear.
I definitely fell, but at least we got a quick pic of our foursome with the timer.
The next day we took the kids up the Heavenly mountain on the Gondola Skyride which was CRAZY expensive and CRAZY cold. At least we got a nice view for the few seconds we could withstand the sub-zero temps. The best part was probably the ride with Gus trying to FREAK OUT the boys! He had them CONVINCED that we were going up to the Grinch’s house.
All I think when I look at this pic is the INTENSE cold that our fingers had to endure outside of pockets. It was so instantly cold that my fingers felt like they were burning the second they felt the chill. NOT my cup of tea…or Gus’s, or Ace’s. Bo was kind of a trooper, for about 30 seconds longer than the rest of us. That put our total number of minutes we actually enjoyed the most expensive view of our lives at no more than 3 mins. And that includes the 30 extra seconds that it took to clean up the hot chocolate that Ace spilled all over himself.
This view is definitely one in a million, though. Tahoe is MAGICAL and it has become such a sentimental place for us. It’s so fun to be back within driving distance!
And back at Auntie Barb’s cabin, we sledded and launched snowballs at the neighbor boys for hours on end! Bo was an absolute BEAST on the sled; he was surprisingly FEARLESS. Barbara has the perfect yard for sledding with a fairly steep slope to create the perfect sledding hill. Ace played it safe in Daddy’s lap.
And what better way to end a vacation than with pizza and arcade games?
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