Thursday, February 20, 2014

Copper Mountain

We returned on Monday from our "winter break" in Copper Mountain, Colorado.  The Donovan and Jessee families put together a trip back in the fall and asked us to come along, and of course we are always up for skiing!  Our kids all go to school together, so it was a good mix of teenagers, with John and Caroline being the youngest.  We were originally supposed to be off school on Monday for President's Day, but all the snow days made it a make up day, but the Young, Donovan and Jessee families were all absent - oops!  The make up work was worth the fun we had.

The weather in Copper was fantastic...it snowed every day we were there, but not so much that it made you want to go in for day.  The temps were in the thirties, which is perfect skiing weather for me.  We spent three days on the slopes, and had some laid back nights in the condo, watching the Olympics and UK play Florida, as well as some fun in the village.  I only took pictures with my phone, and Lawrence took a few with his outdoor camera so the quality isn't great, but I'm still glad to have captured these images of our trip.

Ready to ski!


An all ladies chair lift ride


Around every turn is another beautiful scene


Sarah's ready to go


 John and Jackson were thick as thieves, skiing together all day every day


It was fun having so many people to ski with - always more fun with a group


Taking a break with my girl


 Sarah and Lawrence met his friend Holly and her family in the village for some fun

 

Look how much snow there was!


 Enjoying the village


Love the giant chair!


Snuggling up by the fire pit while the kids ice skated


Lawrence and John's favorite store. Fun fact: the girl who owns it is from Lexington...her brother is a para-Olympic snowboarder and moved to Colorado to train


The kids had fun skating - Robert was the human zamboni, shoveling snow off the rink the whole time so the others could skate!


We returned to some warmer weather in Louisville, but I'm afraid it's short lived.  We are ready to leave this winter behind in exchange for some sunshine!  

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