Big White Ski Trip with DIDO Friends

I love our DIDO group.  We’ve all known each other for over 14 years.  Before the kids came along, it was about trying out new restaurants and doing fun stuff (like ski trips, hiking, and hanging out at the beach).  Then the kids started coming and we would get together at each other’s houses because it was much more comfortable feeding babies at home.  But slowly, as the kids get older, we started doing fun stuff again.  In fact, five out of the six kids even skied with us down the green run on our last day at Big White.  It’s hard to explain how amazing it felt to see the grown ups and the kids skiing down the hill together.  I thought my heart would burst; I was so proud and happy.  I was a little sad, too, because Sophia was the only child who still can’t go up on the chair lift and down a green run.  I really am hoping that she will be able to join the group next year.  I think that will make me cry!

Thanks to Yvette for being so proactive about organizing our ski trips.  She found a really nice 4-bedroom, 4-bath condo in Big White.  There was more than enough room for all of us and a nice big open area where we can all hang out together.  As the kids get older, they also need less minding so we grown-ups were able to have uninterrupted conversations throughout our stay.  We had three days of skiing and two travel days.  We signed up Sophia for three days of ski lessons but it was cancelled on the third day because the gondola that takes the kids down to the bunny hill had broken down.  So we spent the morning of our third ski day on the bunny hill with Sophia.  It had snowed quite a bit overnight and continued to snow through the day, that her skis wouldn’t slide at all on the bunny hill.  We basically had to run down the hill, pushing her along, and it was NOT fun.  After four times down the hill, we just took off her skis and just rolled around in the snow.  That part was quite fun.

The last time Ed and I skied together (that was not on the bunny hill) was before we had a kid.  On our first and second ski days, with Sophia in ski school, Ed and I enjoyed two hours of skiing together with our friends.  It was sunshine, blue sky, and groomed runs for two hours each day.  It was glorious!  

And I have to say that all those squats and dead lifts we do in CrossFit must be doing something good because our legs felt pretty strong.  Our legs felt tired at the end of the day but not too sore at all.  However, after the big snow dump on the third day, skiing on the powder made my legs burn.  That snow was hard work!  I would prefer a groomed run any day!

It was such a fun trip and I look forward to doing this with our friends every year.  Seeing the kids grow and able to do more and more things with us is so wonderful.  Being able to keep our friendships close and strong is also such a gift. Our kids are growing up together and we are growing old together.  In many ways, these friends are family, too.  

Here are pictures from the trip: