Weekend Recap

We had a great weekend!

It started with the ski trip with the school on Friday afternoon. The weather was great ... in the upper 30s ... but the snow held up really well. It was not at all slushy, nor was it icy as it got cooler later in the day. We all skiid starting around noon. Emma took a lesson (required since this is actually a gym class), and Cyndie and I took turns hanging out with Timmy on the bunny hill. Tim got tired pretty quickly, and was ready to go with Grandma and Grandpa when they came to get him around 1:45 for his quiet time. He ended up staying with them all afternoon.

Emma, on the other hand, was awesome. She mastered the ski lift, and for the second half of the afternoon, she wouldn't let us ride with her. Which was fine with Cyndie and I since we got to ride together! Emma was game for anything, and stretched herself to try lots of new runs. She even when up the "big" lift and went down from there. Cyndie and I were a little concerned with that since she didn't really slow herself down as much as she should have, but she was fine. So we had a blast.

After that we went over to my folks for dinner, which was good since we were all pooped!.

Saturday we went down to the lakefront in Lake Geneva for the winterfest and the National Snow Carving competition. The poor souls doing that ... all their efforts wasted. It had been in the low 40s since 3p on Friday (and all through the night too), and their sculptures were trashed. Oh well. We watched a performer in the big ball room and hung out a bit. In the afternoon, Timmy took a nap, which he NEVER does. He slept from 1:30 - 5 ... crazy! We had some friends over for dinner, and he managed to get up and play with his friend Lukas a bit at the end, but he was really wiped!

Sunday was church, then in the afternoon we went over to Covenant Harbor for a church/camp open gym. That was a lot of fun. The kids played with their friends, Cyndie played some board games and joined the volleyball at the end, and I played a bunch of basketball and volleyball with a bunch of the men from church. It was a really fun time, but I was pooped after playing/running/standing for 3 hours. Emma was really cute ... she spent much of the afternoon playing with one of the little boys (3 years old) from church and helping him in the bounce house and entertaining him. He was really sad when he had to leave his friend Emma!

So now we're back in the swing of things for the week. Emma has her second Jewels of Woods meeting today, so I'll be excited to hear about that when I get home!