Playing Hookie while Playing at Kendall

While Miles was off on a 2-day climbing competition in Gunnison, and Emmy was off skiing with her school's ski-club in Telluride, I took the other two kids out of school last Friday and we had a super-duper of a ski-day at Kendall Mountain.

Kendall was the choice because 1. It's cheap and 2. Jonas wanted to practice snowboarding all day and it's the perfect terrain for it. Jonas did superb on the snowboard - he's boarded twice, but only for an hour or so each time. So it was a great chance for him to get some good experience on the board. He loved it so much. In fact, Jonas was just given a board and he's excited to use it at Telluride when he goes next.

Lucy had a really fun time. She loved riding the lift by herself. Plus, she met a friend and they skied together for the first half of the day - until the friend left after lunchtime.

The snow was wonderful and I enjoyed myself as well. I just wish the drive was not so scary! Here's what happened the week after we went:

Luckily, the people in the car were okay! (An ice-chunk fell on the car.)

 They didn't ride the lift much together, maybe just this once . . .

 But they sure were adorable when they did!

 Silverton is such a cute town - especially with all that snow!

We love Kendall.

Yay for a great day!

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