December 22, 2016

Mammoth Mountain

For Christmas, Peter put two things on his letter to Santa this year. 1. 6 feet of snow (everywhere) and 2. And infinity dollar gift card to anywhere. 
Kid has it all planned out apparently. Since #2 was out, we decided to tag along with Travis' co-worker up to their condo in Mammoth for the weekend where they had just gotten 4 feet of fresh powder. 

After the meltdowns of the previous year, I spent quite a bit of time on gathering heavy-duty snow clothes for the kids. Luckily, all the hard work paid off and everyone had a blast playing in the snow (even Miss Nora).

The kids sure liked the sleds, but Nora and Benji liked just sliding down on their bums.


Sunny, fresh snow, and cool, clear air ... we couldn't have asked for a better weather!



Mammoth Mountain was also hosting their Night of Lights and we all went up to the resort where they had a big fireworks show and skiers wearing glow-in-the-dark suits dancing on the hill. It was pretty amazing but also about 5 degrees to butt cold freezing. The kids were done not long after we got there. 
After Peter got a snowmobile ride, we hopped on the gondola to take us home and caught the final firework show -- which was really the best place to watch it -- high above, in a cable car.


 Because this little snow bunny is too cute.




Sometimes it's hard to take a picture with your little sister...
 But this gorgeous snow could make anyone smile!

We enjoyed a perfect weekend of sledding and beautiful weather and I think Peter was okay with the fact that no snow actually fell at our house.

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