Skiing, Dallas, Sickness

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We got back yesterday in the afternoon after nearly 10 days away.  It was a good trip but now Noah and Rachel are sick.

We started out driving to Angel Fire, NM.  We left Friday morning, the 19th, at 5am.  It took about 13 hours to get there including stops.  Lizzy came with us.  The boys loved seeing snow on the ground.  Lizzy was also really excited for the cold weather and the snow.  The boys took snowboarding lessons on Saturday while Rachel and I skiied.  It was a great program as the rentals and lunch were included.  Apparently there was all kinds of equipment problems and it was the instructor's first class so the boys didn't get much snowboarding in.  The switched to skiing for the second day of lessons.  By the end of the lessons, the boys were able to ride on the lift with us and come down a green trail (which I must admit was a pretty aggressive green trail).  The next day we did a half-day pass.  Rachel opted out that day.  The boys and I took the super long ski lift to the top and then took a trail that took us about 40 - 60 minutes to get down the mountain.  It was a good experience for the boys.  Noah was very hesitant at the beginning but was flying at the end and ended up beating Evan and me.  Evan did well the whole way.

When we finished skiing it has begun to snow hard.  There was a courtyard from our room where Lizzy could run around and the boys could play.  Lizzy was rolling in the snow, chasing snowballs, while the boys had a snowball fight with some other kids and they build a snowman.  All three of them had a great time.

The ride to Dallas was very interesting.  We had to deal with snowy mountain roads, long stretches in the middle of nowhere with no place to stop, high winds, crazy tumbleweed, dust storms, and more snow on the way.  It was crazy.

I started to feel very sick on the drive, aches and congestion.  I ended up with a fever and stayed in best much of Wednesday, Thursday and into Friday.  Evan started to not feel well on Wednesday and Thursday and had his worst days on Friday and Saturday.  From there, Grandma came down with the sickness on Saturday on her birthday.  Rachel got sick on Sunday and Noah got sick today.

It's a good thing the boys are off all week.  Now we can recuperate.

Until next time...