Red River

We took a ski trip this February to Red River.  We had never been before so I was excited to go and try something new.   We booked our trip last October and I was a little worried that there wouldn't be any snow (since the resort didn't offer refunds).   We made a family trip of it and my parents, sister, brother-in-law and nephew all joined us.

I was a little overwhelmed packing for three kids and myself and Scott and had no idea how our four week old Axl would do.   I was also a little nervous that it would be too soon after child birth for me to go skiing but figured I would give it a shot.  We made it to Red River in about three hours, just in time to see the kick off for the Super Bowl!

We stayed in an awesome condo that had three bedrooms and shared with my parents.  It was so nice to have live in help :).  Although I am not sure that is what my mom signed up for when she agreed to go. The condo was a ski in/out condo meaning it was right at the main lift for the ski area so we didn't have to drive anywhere.  I even made it out to the slopes twice and enjoyed some quiet time alone.

We intended to put skis on both Logan and Olive and see how they liked it, but Olive was so distraught over having to wear all that gear that we decided to skip the skis for her.   The thing she hated the most was the turtle fur I made her wear around her neck.  I tried to find her a turtle neck shirt before our trip but couldn't find one any anywhere.  At first Logan didn't want to ski either but when we got to the rental place and we were renting our ski equipment he said that he wanted to try it.  So we rented some skis and boots for him and he was so excited.

Because we didn't have to drive anywhere to get to the ski lift, we put skis on right outside of our condo.  This was a mistake.   Scott attempted to have Logan hang on to his pole while he pulled Logan across the parking lot.   Logan HATED it!  Poor guy he was so uneasy with the gliding feeling of the skis and couldn't get a good grip on Scott's pole with his big ol' gloves on.  They made it about 20 yards (if even that ) before Scott decided to give up on the idea for this year.  Logan was still in good spirits and we wanted to make sure that his first skiing adventure ended with him happy and not in tears.   Next year we will wait until we get to the slope to put his skis on and then he can ski between Scott's legs where he feels he has some more support.

My awesome mom bought a sled before we went on our trip and took it with us.   Not only what the sled a great place to play with play dough inside the hotel room, it was great fun out in the snow too!

We had so much fun that Scott keeps talking about going back.  Scott hadn't been in several years.   It is amazing how kids can make the little things that have lost their spark so much fun again!  Hopefully next year will get to go with the whole family again!