Spring Break At Snowshoe

Last week we took off for Snowshoe with the Benjamin Family to go skiing at Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia. The girls had never been skiing before, so we were a little nervous to see how things would go.

Luckily, Caroline took amazingly well to the slopes (she skied straight blue slopes by the 3rd day!), and Julia and Margaret really enjoyed their mini ski lessons in Pre-Ski School (Julia more so than Margaret, being the snow loving girl that she is!).
Paul and I had a blast remembering what it's like to enjoy an experience without kids together (Caroline spent her days in ski school and the twins were in pre-ski school all day), and going on vacation with the Benjamin family was a ton of fun.
The only downer of the trip was Paul departing with a broken thumb; the result of a couple of bad falls on his last day. Thankfully, it was nothing Dr. Tate couldn't fix for him when we returned! :)

First up, two videos. The first one is of Caroline skiing on a bunny slope. She was a natural!
 The second video is of Julia tubing. She was a speed demon on the tubing hill. She couldn't get enough and was so sad when it was time to leave the hill.

We got our vacation started off right - with a party! These kiddos got a little wacky!

This silly girl was so excited to be on vacation.

                                       Heading back to our condo after a successful dinner party.

Julia and Margaret sharing a bed with balloons??! This did not end well.

Day one of ski school. 

Big C and Little C ready to hit the slopes!

Me and Paul on a lift, excited to be alone and on an adventure!

The gorgeous afternoon view from our condo

More party time apres ski ;-)

Amazing sunset view 

Margaret ready to go tubing.

Daddy and Julia flying down the tubing hill.

We ran into some more friends on the tubing hill! 

Julia's favorite activity at Snowshoe was, without a doubt, tubing.  

Two little ski bunnies

Caroline on the ski lift.

Caroline on the slopes

Julia enjoyed the outdoor slide at the pool - it was a little too chilly out there for me!

Margaret also preferred to stay indoors :)

Caroline acted like it was summer!

Picture Post

There's a Spring Break post coming down the pipeline, but before that goes up, I have a bunch of pictures from the last few weeks to offload. Here you go!

We got hit with another snow storm in Richmond. Julia was more than happy to pitch in with her shovel and help Daddy clear the driveway.

Caroline was thrilled for more snow days, hot chocolate, and...

...snow angels!

Julia was so happy in the snow. 

Margaret went down with another virus and spent her time snuggled up inside. 

In other news, Caroline has been really busy lately designing Lego houses...

...and reading to captured audiences.

Two peas in a pod.

Princess dance party with Margaret and Julia.

We made peanut butter and birdseed bird feeders for our neighborhood birds.

Julia was a little more interested in eating peanut butter at first, but she eventually got down to business... 

One finished bird feeder, ready for hanging!

Margaret gives me her best "I'm not impressed" look.

Julia the one-eyed milk guzzler 

Margaret and Julia dueling it out over Doc McStuffins Operation.

Caroline and Daddy's picture from the Y-Princesses Dance in February.

We LOVED getting outside to enjoy the warmer temperatures last week! Caroline went pinecone hunting in our woods... 

...and then set off on a bike ride.

Julia was so happy to be back on her scooter again.

Margaret impressed me with some pretty awesome throwing skills during our game of catch. Who knew someone so little could throw so hard?!