Sam's parents came to town

They were quite the troopers - it was MUCH colder than what they are used to - and the elevation is much higher, where we live it is at about 7500 feet, and the base of the ski resort is at 10,300 feet and the top of the mountain is 11,900.   Even with all this stacked against them - they survived a day skiing :)

There was over 25 inches of fresh powder - which just added to the challenge, and the fun

Rachel and I spent one afternoon determined to build a snowman.  The snow was so dry we had to work really hard to make it happen, we used spray bottles and watering cans to wet the snow enough to make it stick, the only problem was it quickly turned to ice, so when we got to the head and we were trying to make a face we could get any rocks to go into the solid block of ice, so we took some leaves and speared them with toothpicks for the eyes and the mouth.  Good Times!