Thanks to my dad and mom - who are basically our "bank" - we purchased a ski in/ski out condo at Schweitzer Mountain on Friday (1/29). We are so happy! It makes our weekends a true vacation and will use it year round with our boat being moored in Sandpoint in the summer. Who wants to come visit? Seriously - this location is gorgeous - so many beautiful things to do!
We are calling it our Bach because in New Zealand - cabins are called a Bach.
Living room - check out that vintage furniture. It isn't pretty, but it is in good shape. We aren't complaining!
we have already rearranged it, but this was after my mom and I got things put together.
kitchen
hall from the living room towards the main floor guest room and entry.
master
master - love that we can use our old bedding.
master closets and bathroom with a sauna
sauna - we tested it out saturday night - was pretty nice!
the loft area and 3rd bed and 1/2 bath
other guest room bathroom
guest room on the main floor
coming in from the landing - to the left is a big pantry and straight ahead is the guest room
up these stairs to the loft
3rd floor bedroom, which we will turn into a bunk room/sleep as many kids as possible room
from bedroom into the loft.
sleeper bed in loft - the loft is actually really big.
looking down into the living room
one of our favorite parts of this place - they had the angled area closeted off and there are aweome drawers for storage in there and a twin bed (with 3 twin mattresses under it for extra sleeping)
the funniest little half bath known to man - but it is great to have a bathroom up there for kids.
we put another mattress in the back of it b/c it is so big
Bill insisted on rearranging it - so we need another lamp, but breaking up the seating does help with the flow of the room
loved our fire roaring in the background!
the kids busted out pie face and had a BLAST!
Charlie!
they were thrilled to eat the cream and kept wanting more turns.
claire
i did it and have to say it was pretty funny - it hits you quick!
sunday the kids bundled lily up and i think she was happy!
we had a gorgeous day on Sunday with 7 inches of fresh snow. we all skied with our neighbor girl Alex (in spokane and now up at schweitzer - we just can't live farther than 100 feet from the Neuperts!) and had a blast!
Check these photos out!
Ellie and Alex - we were skiing a black diamond - Ponderay run.
charlie and claire
Bill and claire
Ellie taking a break
the kids get tired and take a snow eating break
so funny - they were all resting in the pow.
we love these snow ghosts!
me and ellie
So we closed on the condo on Friday so my dad kindly offered to watch the kids and move them to and fro on Friday while my mom and I had a great day driving up to Schweitzer - moving our stuff in - hitting up pucci's pub for a cider and nacho lunch - snowshoeing - etc. It was fabulous! My dad got kids to where they needed to be, played with the girls, tried to run some quick errands in the hour break he had and while doing that pulled my big truck with rocket box on top into a parking garage - whoops! so he heard a big crack and backed out and that was the end of our rocket box. On the way home from Schweitzer this weekend we dropped it off at the dump. See you later. It was great timing because now our stuff gets to stay in our ski room!
What a blessing this condo will be to us and we pray our many family and friends. We can't wait to share it and our love for skiing and the outdoors - so anyone who wants to visit is welcome! Thanks mom and dad for making this happen earlier than we expected!!!
