I have been skiing nearly every year since I was about 5 years old. It was just an annual thing that my family did and I must say, it's by far the best family vacation in the world. This year, however, my family was unable to go. My younger sister, Erica, is in grad school getting her doctorate, my mom was still nursing an injury from last ski trip and with them not 'in', the rest thought they'd skip a year. Kahn and I had just thought we'd skip this year too...but at about the end of September last year, after a long day of drinking on a college football Saturday, my neighbor Melissa got us and a bunch of our neighbors to commit to a ski trip in February. I definitely wasn't opposed and I liked her tactic of having us commit when we were three sheets to the wind, but I actually didn't think it would really happen. But that following Monday, she sent out the email and everyone was still in. So the planning began! And I love planning so it was 'game on'.
We rented a beautiful, huge house complete with 6 bedrooms, 2 hot tubs, a pool table, an elevator, a sauna, a steam room, a gym and an awesome view of the mountains! It was luxury at its finest. And we packed the house...17 in all!
Everyone had a blast on the slopes! Of course, the trip wasn't necessarily a ski trip for me. As you all know, I am 23 weeks pregnant and my baby bump excluded me from the daily festivities of skiing followed by apres ski. And not skiing just about killed me! It was much harder than I ever imagined...being out there and not being able to ski was brutal! But being there with the best friends ever, eating great food, and laughing to the point of tears every night wasn't too bad of a way to spend a few days. And you certainly couldn't beat the surroundings for a few kid-free days relaxing, reading, going to the spa and just being lazy!
But I am definitely looking forward to next year when I am actually skiing, partaking in apres ski and enjoying the hot tub! Until next year...
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