Ski trip and Enoch's birthday during spring break

I've always wanted to try out skiing, but I was either pregnant at the time (Sharon of course), having a young baby,  or we couldn't afford to go. Finally after 7 years of our marriage, my dream ski trip happened!!!!!!

We went to sunrise ski resort for a 5 day trip during the first week of Enoch's spring break, with 3 days of skiing and two days of driving there and back. We stayed at Pinetop Best Western hotel for 4 nights. Got there Sunday afternoon, checked in, went and rented our ski gears, went for a small hike by a pretty lake, had a nice dinner as a family. 

Michael had a fall running around

Day One (Monday): 

Enoch and Michael: Super Tracker all day where they learned to ski with the help of their instructor. Peter: was too young, so he stayed at the child care place "The Funland" instead. 

Me: a full day of group adult ski lesson, where I progressed pretty quickly that by lunch time I was asking to go up to a higher level class. Although, they only had one instructor that day so I had to stay with my class. I learned to ski on the easy green loop the first day, with not many falls surprisingly. Sam:  went skiing by himself around the park, did as many loops as he could and didn't even stop to eat lunch. 

We went to Sakura buffet for dinner and everybody was so hungry and we ate lots of food, including the kids, definitely got our money' worth.

Day Two (Tue):

 Enoch and Michael:  half day of Super Tracker lessons, and played with Peter in the Funland for half of the day. 

Me: The second day of skiing was the most challenging to me. Sam took me to the green loop that starts all the way from the top, and even challenged me to do a blue loop. I think I did pretty good, with some falls.

Sledding on saucers

Can you believe that there was snow on the mountain?

Enoch and Michael both were able to ski a little bit by themselves, but I wasn't able to get a good video of Michael. Here is one of Enoch:





 Day Three (Wed): 

Enoch's birthday, March 16th!

 Sam and I went skiing together to the Apache Trail, the highest session of the mountain. 

We got all three boys out of their lesson/class around noon. 

Sam took some time to teach Enoch and Michael to ski by themselves, which was really fun to watch. The boys also got to sled sitting on saucers that our friend lent to us. Then we went back to our hotel, where Enoch opened most of his presents.  Dinner at McDonald with play place in Show Low, as Enoch requested. Afterwards, we went to an icecream store back in pinetop, got icecream to eat with blue cupcakes. Jacuzzi before bed time! Happy 6th birthday Enoch! 

My first Ever Blue Trail!!

Took this pic because Enoch only took a few bites before he said he was done with the huge icecream cone. Later on, he admitted that he was intimidated by how big it is and not sure how to eat it without making a mess.

Thu we packed up and drove home. Stopped at Salt River Canyon on the way home.