By the end of yesterday the slopes were becoming icy because all the loose snow had been scraped off leaving almost blue ice to ski on. However, the adults went off to try some extreme skiing while the kids were at ski school - actually we wanted to do some runs that would impress Th
omas and Mariska :) We all headed up the T-bar to the highest point on the mountain (which is currently open) and Sam and I spotted a large mogul field that we had to go and do. We left the boys to do a different run and went off for our first double diamond of the week. We reached the top of the vertical drop and watched a women fall nearly from the top and slide down head first towards a rocky face. Fortunately, she stopped just at the edge of the drop. It did nothing for our nerves! However, we now had to go and pick up her belongings. She seemed remarkably calm all things considered. The run was good and I didn't get too many chunks taken out the bottom of my skis when we had to go across some rocks. Anyway, it was good and we accomplished it, without falling!
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omas and Mariska :) We all headed up the T-bar to the highest point on the mountain (which is currently open) and Sam and I spotted a large mogul field that we had to go and do. We left the boys to do a different run and went off for our first double diamond of the week. We reached the top of the vertical drop and watched a women fall nearly from the top and slide down head first towards a rocky face. Fortunately, she stopped just at the edge of the drop. It did nothing for our nerves! However, we now had to go and pick up her belongings. She seemed remarkably calm all things considered. The run was good and I didn't get too many chunks taken out the bottom of my skis when we had to go across some rocks. Anyway, it was good and we accomplished it, without falling!We came off the slope at about 3pm as the temperature was falling rapidly. We then heard an almighty noise from
one of the lifts next to us, like all the wire was unraveling from the cog. The lift then halted. We watched as lots of engineers rushed to try and fix the engine becauase the chairlift was packed with skiers, and as I said, the temperature was falling - poor people. Anyhow, just as we came off the hill they were managing to move the lift very slowly, but at least it was moving. Thank goodness we weren't on it! Sam, Mariska and myself went off to get a pedicure, unfortunately there was only one lady doing it, so Mariska and I got our nails done and Sam re-booked for today. It was lovely getting our dried out legs moisturised even if she did massage me a little too hard over my bruised shines. Our toes now look beautiful! Just look at those bunion-ridden feet!!!
For dinner we went to Bumba Gump, a shrimp place, miles from the sea, but very ta
sty. The kids enjoyed their fish and chips, of Mahi Mahi, while the rest of us had stacks of shrimp, including David with his lobster claws! For Thomas, the highlight of the evening was his flashing glass. It was a glass with a strobing light in the bottom of it, that is now not working quite as well since Samantha submerged it fully in the sink and drowned the electronics :)
sty. The kids enjoyed their fish and chips, of Mahi Mahi, while the rest of us had stacks of shrimp, including David with his lobster claws! For Thomas, the highlight of the evening was his flashing glass. It was a glass with a strobing light in the bottom of it, that is now not working quite as well since Samantha submerged it fully in the sink and drowned the electronics :) The snow has finally arrived and there was a new 3 inches on the slopes to enjoy. Since Thomas and Mariska we so jealous of us going up the T-bar without them - we had to go today. However, we all refused to share the T-bar with either of them and in the end managed to get them to go up together, and they did superbly well - it didn't even looked like they were fighting from behind :)
"Yesterday, we went up peak 10 as we were going up the lift there was a tree with bras and necklaces all over it. Stuart looked up the reason for the bra tree - it is a conquest tree!!
Today Emily and I made a gingerbread house and we decorated it with sweets. Because we got lots of snow 
today I went on loads of black runs with Emily and Daddy because mummy had a hangover (mummy and Emily went to the bar till one o'clock drinking). I went lower psycopath, sizzler and pika they were all black runs with lots of moguls. I still haven't got used to the time change and the air is very thin up here when I walk up the stairs I start huffing and puffing." Mariska xJust sitting here drinking our hot chocolates after a lovely dinner of steak prepared by David and Sam. Stuart has just come ba
ck from throwing out the 'trash' (by the way the bin room says 'keep the door closed because of bears'!!) and says there is another two inches of snow already - powder day tomorrow! However, poor Stuart might have to stay at home tomorrow because he has hurt his other knee after a spectacular wipe out yesterday.
ck from throwing out the 'trash' (by the way the bin room says 'keep the door closed because of bears'!!) and says there is another two inches of snow already - powder day tomorrow! However, poor Stuart might have to stay at home tomorrow because he has hurt his other knee after a spectacular wipe out yesterday.Our Christmas tree now has the presents under it and nasty Christmas songs playing on the stereo to get us in the mood.
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