Mammoth

On Thursday, we flew my Mom to Vegas. On Friday, we went shopping!  On Saturday, we left for Mammoth!

The first day we were there, there was a snowstorm.  It was windy and snowing and we thought the kids would be miserable...so we canceled their ski school, after picking up all the rentals.  Later in the day, we borrowed a helmet from the condo (Dylan's I think?) and took Alison out for a bit.  She did pretty darn good!

 Brian and I skied most of the day.  Meanwhile, my Mom stayed back with Brooke every day.  They had tons of fun playing games, coloring, playing with blocks, baking cookies, and doing laundry.

On Monday, the sky was blue and no wind!  We dropped the girls off at ski school at 9am and didn't see them again until 3pm.  They had SO MUCH FUN.  Ellie was kind of a handful for her coach, but she learned a ton.  She skied with Vanessa both days - and if she is there next year we will request her again!  She took Ellie's attitude in stride and never gave up on her.

 Brooke was glad to see her big sister when she got home :o)

 Alison had a different teacher each of the 2 days, but she did awesome also.  I seriously can't believe all they learned in 2 days.  Al was all over the mountain and LOVED it. She definitely didn't want to leave.

 This is me with the valley behind me...

Ellie doing the giant slalom  ;o)

Al skiing backwards!

My Mom took Brooke on the gondola one of the days, but Brooke didn't like it.  She sat next to my Mom with tears in her eyes...as soon as they stepped off, she started bawling.  So sad.  She was trying to be brave, but didn't like it at all.

One last story that Brian wanted to make sure I got in:  I think it was after dinner and we were all at the table playing uno and Brooke did a stinker and says "hmm, smells like lunch."  We were cracking up!