Recently my sisters and I had the opportunity to sneek away for our first annual "Sisters Birthday Weekend"! We have never as adults been anywhere together without our kids or hubbies so this was a much needed get away! We decided that since it had been years since we all skiid, 10 for them and 4 for me, that we would hit the slopes!Katie took the afternoon off work so we left around 2:00 on Friday afternoon. After a quick stop at the Burger House we were on our way!! We didnt even make it to Show Low, before we were stopped on side of the road. We were laughing so hard that it was unsafe to drive and Mattie had to pee!!! Yes, we caught the whole thing on camera however, I will save those photos for another day! We went straight to the ski shop to rent our gear, we wanted to be ahead of the morning rush!! I think the man at the shop thought we were either drunk or on drugs cause once again we were laughing at our own jokes!! Since Adam is a HiltonHonors guru, he was able to score us a free night at the New Hampton Inn, so we could get a good night rest and be ready to go first thing Saturday morning. Needless to say we were up most of the night, and nearly the last one to arrive at the hills. Bad idea! The long hike through the parking lot to the lifts nearly did us in before we even started our day. For those of you have ever walked in ski boots, you know what we were going through!! Our plan was to hit the bunny slopes a few times to get our ski legs back and then the fun would start. So up we went. And down we came!! It was easy!! We all made it on and off the lift and down the hill without incident. Now we were heading to midway.....up the mountain we went, discussing how it all just came right back to us. It was like riding a bike! As we approach the exit off the chair I remember scooting to the edge of the seat and concentrating hard on getting off and turning to the right. As I look back, I see Mattie on the ground and nearly being decapitated by the lift chair! What went wrong....well when Katie and I got off, the chair went off balance and launched Mattie in the air...she wasnt able to land it and the rest was history!! When we got her up, (of course we were all laughing) we decided to take the less traffic route down the hill. We wanted to take our time and not be anybodys way. So off we went. Well, there was a reason that trail was less traveled. It was like ice for one, and second, it had been driven on by something that made deep ruts in the snow. Once our skiis were in them we couldnt get out. Not good! Well, Kate managed to get down the hill, however Mattie and I werent so lucky. We decided not to risk it and took our skiis off and walked it out!! From now on we will take the busy trail, no matter what. So we get back on the lift and head back up....once again we are planning our exit. This time we put Mattie in the middle so that if she was off last the chair wouldnt launch her....it sounded like a good plan....but once again, down she goes!! Not sure what happened that time, but she was a sport. The rest of the day went pretty good. Mattie had a few more crashes, but all and all it was a great day. We had to drive home that night, so we called it quits around 3:00pm and headed for home. What a great time it was to spend with my sisters. It is so wonderful to have them in my life and to have such great bonds with them. I cant wait to see where next years trip takes us....perhaps skydiving girls??? Or am I still the only brave one in the bunch!?!
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