Ski trip to Boyne

We spent our Presidents day weekend (and Valentine's too) skiing up at Boyne Highland & Mountain. We left on Saturday morning and got to Boyne Highlands just in time to go on a sleigh ride. It was very nice and peaceful in the snow covered forest.

We had a great dinner at the Mitchell St. Pub and then the next day we spent all day skiing at Boyne Highlands. Except for one time we snuck over to another chair, we spent the whole time at the beginner area. The kids are getting good at skiing, although it was rough at first for Zack. After lunch time we let Sydney use her poles, which really helped her more than we expected.

Sydney even had her first "yard sale". Here she is picking up all of her equipment that scattered around the mountain. Luckily she wasn't hurt at all and it didn't bother her much.

We had a major disappointment after skiing when we tried to buy tickets for tubing. Apparently they changed their policy so that only people 5 years and older can go tubing. Zack bawled when he found out we couldn't go. But no fear, we had plans to go tubing on Monday, when Zack mysteriously turned 5 years old. wink wink.

Sunday night dinner was spent at Papa Lou's, chowing on some super yummy pizza. On Monday we went skiing at Boyne Mountain. We were supposed to go skiing, then tubing, and then head back home, but we found out that tubing didn't even start until 4pm, so we ended up getting all mountain lift tickets instead of the just the free area. The kids did an excellent job skiing on the green runs, and Zack said he even wanted to go on the blue runs!

Sydney's skiing improved incredibly this season. She even was a "tour guide" for us and lead us down the mountain. She is working on her turns. A highlight for her was when she went over one of the jumps in the terrain park! It was a huge jump and she popped up in the air when she hit it. She landed on her butt, but she had no problem getting up. What excitement!!

Zack was also doing pretty good with his skiing - although he is using an edgie-wedgie which we think might be a "crutch" right now, but at least it keeps him happy and going down the hill with the rest of us! :)