After Bill finished work on Wednesday, we loaded up the car and made the trek to Big Sky (about 7 hours). We arrived super late on Wednesday (actually thursday morning).
Thanksgiving morning – the kids were up and ready to ski!
Bill getting the helmets on JUST RIGHT.
Blue skies!!!
Love this clan! So thankful for them!
can’t get enough of this line up.
watching these kids ski again this year has been great. Charlie is really taking off and starting to carve and make parallel turns. Claire is fearless and skiing fast and keeping us moving quickly down the mountain. Ellie has been the biggest surprise as she has decided to show off her stubborn spirit and turn on the “fearful” attitude and fight us tooth and nail. I think one run got her a bit discouraged as she saw claire and charlie flying down the mountain and she gave up. She continued to fight us a lot when going down the steep runs – despite the fact that she could easily do it if she wanted to. At one point – Bill said to ellie – if you ski down this run without crying or stopping you can get poles at the bottom. She perked up and said “right away?” “ok dad – I’ll prove it to you”! This is so Ellie – she just got up and easily skied down the run she was fighting seconds earlier. Got her poles and was happy. We still have a ways to go from her thinking too much and feeling discouraged or telling herself negative self talk, but we believe in her and know she can do it. Now we just need to convince/force her to continue. Let the stubborn games begin. I believe Ellie received the stubbornness from both Bill and me – quite a dangerous combo. Thankfully this trait will serve her well if we can channel it. We love you and your determined spirit Ellie (polka dot one).
My mom is SO on top of things – we skied all day and she had things prepped so the Brunswicks could arrive at the house a few hours early and start the ovens. We showed up post skiing, cleaned up and BAM dinner was almost on the table!
Me and Lucy (Brunswick) with my kids favorite sweet potatoes.
The Weas family joined us as well.
Barb Weas, Betsy Brunswick and Lucy, my mom and me.
My dad, Buzz Weas and Tommy.
Paul Brunswick manning the turkey.
Claire
lily – wishing for turkey!
ellie, lucy and claire. the kids loved having lucy around!
dinner table all ready.
kids table.
more wishing from lily and miki.
We had an amazing dinner and a sad Packer loss, but what a fun Thanksgiving it was!
Some more photos from our weekend in Big Sky.
g pops and ellie.
Claire having an eggnog drink.
So VERY thankful this Thanksgiving!
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