Angel Fire Ski Trip

We had an awesome time with our friends in Angel Fire, NM. It is hard to believe it had been 5 years since some of us had seen each other, but we seemed to pick up right where we left off. We had an intense game of Cities and Knights, played poker for old times sake and played many other games. We miss our game playing buddies! It was a little crazy with 5 kiddos running around but we found time for ourselves too. Nate and I got to ski 2 days and Alyssa even tried skiing for the first time! I think she did pretty well and actually really started enjoying it by the end of the first day. She really didn't understand the basics of the snowplow so she didn't have any control but Nate was a great teacher. Hopefully next year she will be blazing down the slopes on her own.




Pizza Alyssa! Make a pizza! We learned some lingo from listening to the ski school instructors...Pizza to snowplow and french fries to go straight. Kinda cute.




Yay Alyssa!




Nate spent a lot of time skiing backward so Alyssa could ski to him. Very exhausting I hear.




The Dad's teaching the kids to ski. David did awesome, he seemed to understand the snowplow a little better.







We did a little sledding, on the golf course, which I guess isn't allowed. So we got kicked off, but not before having some fun.




Mason loved the snow, but didn't really get any pictures of him playing in it.




One of the games of Cities and Knights. This must have been before it got really intense. Nate got a little fired up, but thats pretty much normal.

Daniel is the Lord of Catan



The guys



The Rio Grande Gorge







Alyssa and David. The were the best buddies.



The whole crew. Russ, Claire, Samuel and John(not pictured). Us. Rachel, Daniel and David. And Jonathan, Rachel's brother. It was so great to see you all! It will definitely not be another 5 years.