Skiing in PA

The Little’s invited the Kreiling’s to Pennsylvania for a weekend of skiing.   What an eventful weekend it was!   Everyone (minus Uncle Craig & me) decided to learn snowboarding on Friday.   I went along to sit in the lounge in front of the fire drinking my hot toddy – little did I know I would end up sitting on a hard chair a long distance from the fireplace!  Oh, well – I did get a lot of reading accomplished.

Anyway, here are some photos of the clan headed off for snowboarding -

 

You’ll notice that Katie is the smart one, conserving her energy for the long day ahead!  *smile*

Later that morning, the clan had their beginner’s snowboarding lesson.   I took some shots of that & will post, but I’m pretty far away…

 Katie who, I heard, liked to head straight down the hill and not mess with all that toe-heel nonsense…

  Laura, who as you can see, spent a lot of time falling down!

Mr. Joe, the pro…

Uncle Walter…

Maddy…

and Nicky.

Now, shortly after lunch, here’s what popped into the lodge -

you’ll note that BOTH wrists are splinted and Nick was NOT a happy camper.   Uncle Walter, Nick & I sat at the table and waited for Tante Laura, Maddy, Joey & Katie to come down the hill.   And we waited, and waited, and waited…   Finally, they arrived and we all left Bear Mountain and headed to the emergency room.   X-rays were taken and luckily only one wrist was fractured.   Here’s the outcome -

I need to take a picture of it after his first day back at school – it’s covered in autographs, most of which are from girls with lots of hearts and flowers.   What a dude!

Here are some photos from the next day of skiing – Katie, Nicky and I stayed home;   the rest of the gang went skiing proper this time – no more messing around with that snowboard!

So, a good time all around!  Oh, and since Nicky was injured at Bear Mountain, they gave everyone vouchers for a free day of skiing with lift tickets and a free snowboard lesson!   Next year, Bear Mountain here we come!

--Amy