Bend '11

Our annual trip to Bend! Ben has a CE course each year at Mt. Bachelor. We tube, ice skate (kids first time), ski, eat, and chill out in the condo. It was great weather, lots of snow, sweet powder, sunny traveling, and the lil' kids are easier every year. Yea!!

The lil' kids loved tubing if they were together. We took Jack down the big hills initially and he was NOT a fan!! Molly was miserable on the lil' hill until her pal joined her and then they were both happy as could be. Silly ones!

These hills are steeper than they look. Wow, you fly down that hill!! I'm so grateful they tow you up with a cable. I would dread hiking up.

We tried ice skating at Sun River for the first time. It was a hit!! Jeff and Hannah loved it and were both really good! Jack wanted NOTHING to do with it until the crowds cleared out. Molly loved, loved, loved it. She went around and around for an hour and 45 minutes. Jeff and I took turns holding her. She just kept telling us "faster", "faster", "more", "more. She could of gone all night. Very cute!! So were the little skates. Adorable!

We got 6" one night. Big deal for us "rain" people.

Warming up in the hot tub was a must many times a day.

Ice cycles and snow ball fights were on the agenda of course.

Ben and the big kids had a great day on the slopes. "Best powder ever", so I'm told. The lil' kids and I saw Tangled again. I was the ONLY person out in a mini van. I was lucky to get home on their snow packed roads. Now I see why so many people have four wheel drive in central Oregon.