This weekend we went to Ski Beech, North Carolina. Moma and daddy gave us this vacation as part of our Christmas. We left Saturday and got to North Carolina Sunday around noon. The house we were renting was HUGE. It was three stories tall with a ton of space. It also had the perfect location. It was right on the slope directly next to the lift. We could come and go as we pleased. We had a ton of us go. It was moma, daddy, me, Barrett, Elena, Landon, Krissy, Anthony, Hailey, Anthony Jr, Ashleigh, Aunt Brenda, Uncle Paul, Katie, Justin, Brittany, Aunt Patricia and Lane. We had a ball. This was so much fun. Now, most of us there had skied once or twice. I had never been skiing before. The first day was atrocious. We drove to pick up our skiis from the ski shop and then we were going to ski back to the house. Everyone just took off. It took me like an hour to get down the mountain. Barrett stuck with me at first and he kept telling me to keep my skiis together and of course when I would do that, I would fall. I think I fell all of the way down the mountain. Barrett finally left me and then Justin came. He and Brittany stuck with me the whole way down the mountain. Justin was giving me pointers about how to hold my feet, how to get up, how to go slow, etc, etc. I, of course, did not try skiing for the rest of the day. The next morning though, we all got up bright and early and took off. It didn't take me once or twice before I had the basics figured out. I think that was all thanks to Justin. If he wouldn't have stayed with me that first day, I would have had no clue how to do anything. After a while, we brought Elena and Hailey out. Of course, neither one listened and after just about flying down the mountain a couple of times, we brought them back in. Lane took ski school in the meantime and picked up the basics that our kids wouldn't listen to. Elena and Hailey were too young for ski school so we just winged it with them. We skiied until the lift closed at 4.30. The next day, same routine. Except this time we let the kids come out first. We let them practice on the low hill for a while and then we brought them in to rest. We skiied until after lunch and then we brought them back out. Lane took a trip down the bigger mountain and then took another break. It took him a while to get down because he plowed the whole way down. Hailey made a couple trips down the mountain because she had no concept of plowing and was full speed. The same for Elena. We sent them in and then we all took off again to ski some more. All in all, this was a great trip and we had a lot of fun. We can't wait to do this again.
Picture 2: Hailey learning to ski down the mountain
Picture 3: Elena learning to ski down the mountain
Picture 4: Barrett coming down the mountain
Picture 5: Brittany, Barrett, & Katie on the lift
Picture 6: Our rental house at the bottom of the mountain
Picture 7: Uncle Paul, Katie, Krissy, Anthony & Barrett at the top of the blue slope
Picture 8: Katie & Aunt Brenda
Picture 9: Lane learning to ski down the mountain
