Ski trip to Big Sky

When in Montana, especially in the middle of a cold snowy winter, do as the Montanans do - take your family skiing.

There are 3 ski resorts within a short drive of Billings, so it's definitely the thing to do.

We had a gift card to Big Sky, the biggest and best one, and splurged on a nice weekend away for my birthday.

We all enrolled in ski school for the morning, then had the afternoon free. Scarlett and Hadley spent the day at the daycare...which was superb.

 

Some pics from the girls' lessons

 

 

 

They both did really well that morning, they just need to learn to stop themselves better and they're ready for the big hills. Lydia mastered the magic carpet lift and went down that hill on her own all afternoon.

 

 

Some pics from my turn on the slopes. It was so peaceful and so beautiful. We live in an awesome place. I'm definitely not as fast as Josh yet. I still do a lot of snowplowing and really sharp turns to slow myself down. Josh, however, thought he was ready to tackle the bigger hills...and took a few humbling spills.

We'll get there though. For our first time on skiis, it was pretty fun. We're all anxious to go back.

   

 

 

 After I got Scarlett out of daycare, I took the girls to the tubing park. They were so thrilled, even though it was fast, and the guys were giving us a big spin as we went down. At first Scarlett and I went tandem, but after 2 runs she wanted to go on her own, and race me. We had the terrain to ourselves for a whole hour.

 

Dad missed out on the tubing adventure to look after Hadley. Hadley had a rough weekend. She had been running a low grade fever and had no appetite. The daycare staff were so helpful and just cuddled with her and put her down for a 2 hour nap that morning. We spent the evening taking turns comforting Hadley. It wasn't until Monday that we learned she'd been suffering with a double ear infection. She was such a trooper though - she never cried, she was just lethargic.

Scarlett brought along her friend "Beebo" from preschool. She had to document her adventures with Beebo for her class. He had a great time at Big Sky too!