Otherwise known as, whadya MEAN we’ve got to go home tomorrow??

On the last day, God smiled at us. He smiled and laughed at us, because it was cold. And he made it snow, and took the temperature down to 5 degrees. And it was good.

Seriously, our last day was wonderful - all week long we wanted to go tubing, but with the weather, the ski places were making snow for skiing only, and not for their tubing runs. I woke up on Sunday morning to the sight of 3 men in my bed (Jim, Matthew, and Shane) Today I woke up with three men (Jim, Shane, and Matthew) in my bed attempting to wake me up because one of the ski resorts had FINALLY opened up their TUBING RUNS!!!! Yee haw! We went to [url=http://www.hawksnest-resort.com/]Hawks Nest[/url] to buy tickets for the session and they were sold out. Jim went inside to ask about buying tickets for the next day and they said they had just opened up a new session from 5pm til 7pm. We bought our tickets and went and killed time with lunch and shopping. At 4:30 heading back up the mountain the snow flurries started. By the time we got up to the top it was snowing and overcast, and it continued the whole time we were there. We had such a good time tubing, but the snow turned into a small blizzard and then icy. It was 22 degrees there, without the windchill. With the windchill, it was below 7. Before we went out on the tubing runs Jim spent money in the store there buying the kids face mask - they wouldn’t have made it without it. I had my hood pulled down around my whole face - the snow was just blowing in sideways. The rest of me stayed toasty and dry though. I just can’t tell y’all how excited we were to see REAL snow falling and to go tubing. They had a new flat escalator thing to take you and the tube back up the run. Gracie and Matthew both turn turns with Jim and I, because by themselves they went too fast and hit the berm….LOL.

Then the ride home - and down the mountain. VERY SLOWLY. Our 1+ hour ride back to the cabin took about 2. The next day, Jim and Shane got up early and went to WalMart to buy discs for sledding. I woke up sick - with a fever - but I still got out there to enjoy the snow.

Pictures in the extended entry!

Gracie and Josh are ready for snow:

A little snow is ok (but we can’t tell which kid is which anymore!)

This might be a little too much snow for me:

It’s not just the snow, it’s the wind chill!

Baby, it’s cold outside!

Here comes Catherine!

I promise, the person speeding down the run is ME!

Here comes Matthew!

There’s Shannon!

Shane is trying to walk into the wind:

We can’t find our car!

The car didn’t know what to make of this white stuff:

The next morning, everything looked so pretty!

Sitting out the sledding:

There really wasn’t enough snow for sledding, but we were determined. And being Florida natives, my kids didn’t know any different and didn’t care!

All of my gang:

Inside our cabin - the kitchen and dining room as seen from the front door:

Stairs leading to the master bedroom and loft:

From the top looking down:

The view out of the loft:

The Great room:

Our last sunset:

The ride home:

Don’t mess with Shane when he’s driving!