Ethan was so tired one day that he fell asleep in the middle of the living room floor! He never does that! I was trying to hold him off so that he would sleep while we were driving up the mountain to the east of B. Ridge as I didn't think that sight seeing would be all that appealing. BUT, refer to the picture below:)
This was a favorite past time of the kids - checkers! Many games of checkers were played while we were there! The twins learned the game for the first time while A. Rachel had fun beating them:)
This is the front view of Pine Ridge Condominiums. We were on the top right on the third floor. We had fantastic views of the ski slopes and mountains to the west. See picture below, though, to see exactly what our views looked like!
This is a view looking back down a road that we had just come up on the mountain to the east. It was pretty narrow at times and since it had rained a lot that week it was a little scary to pass people - you didn't want to get to close to the edge of the road since we weren't sure how soft the shoulders were and how much weight that they could take!
This is the view from our balcony. We had good days with sunshine and blue skies but this was the predominant weather while we were there. It actually made for a cozy trip as we gathered in the evenings around the fire:) We had to dodge the rain a few times but that made things all the more memorable.
A. Rachel liked pushing Ethan around while we were out and about town. Even though it's hard to see we were heading down the hill from our condo to the downtown for crepes and some shopping. The crepes are my favorite part of the trip even though they take forever to make and some boy grabbed mine and took a bite without realizing it wasn't his;)
E is looking awfully happy about sightseeing! The last day that the kids and I were there we all went up the mountain directly behind B.Ridge to see what we could see. It was a little scary driving - I had the bigger vehicle and as it was a rental Dad couldn't drive it - and I never told Dad that I was NERVOUS the whole way up!! Coming down wasn't nearly as bad. One of the stops we made on this trip was beside a mountain stream - one of our favorite past times. My dad hiked a little way up to where he saw a cross behind a pine tree. He thought that maybe someone was buried right there but mom thought that the more likely explanation was that someone actualy DIED there! We were glad to be leaving that area especially as there was fog rolling in behind us! We beat the fog and rain down the mountain and enjoyed one last meal at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
I attempted to get a Christmas card picture - out of the many that I took this is the only one that semi turned out:( Not bad but not really what I was after, either!
