How three year olds play cards (Rachel and cousin Drew)

Michigan winter wonderland

Well from the slide show below you can tell our family had a fun time up at Boyne Mountain. My brother, Chris, and his wife invited us to tag along on their vacation. We had a great time, with great company and stayed in a beautiful spot. We had snow all weekend long which made the trip even prettier. Mike and I broke out our skis and did some runs on Friday. The sun was shinning and the conditions were nice. The slopes were not that crowded and we were able to walk right up to the lifts. Friday night we all went to the indoor water park and rode on the "toliet bowl","alpine racers" and played in the hot tubs. Nicole and Morgan were so brave. They went on all of the big slides, Nic all by herself at times. Rachel even got to go down a big slide on mom's lap. Rachel was content to run around in the sprinklers with cousin Drew, keeping me on my toes. Nicole, Morgan and my nephew Jacob all went to ski school Saturday morning. A first for all of them. They did fantastic. They learned so fast without any fear. I stayed and watched the whole time with my brother Chris, drinking hot chocolate, and it was a blast. The girls did so well at ski school that Mike took them on the ski lift and down a green hill a couple of times. He said they did so well. They never fell off the ski lift and came down the mountain like pros. I am just amazed at how they learn skills so fast and have no preconcieved fears about things. They really surprised me. I had a tear in my eye watching Nicole learn a skill I never thought possible for her early on. What a blessing!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Got snow...Have a snowball fight!

If you can't tell from the photos, I am the one they are all aiming at!

CMCK vs. DKJ and dad

So I know you are dying to know what my title means, right? Well, this past Saturday night, the Kelbert's/Nugent's decided to go out without the kids. We had a great time. We started out at Bucca de Beppo's in Birmingham and ate a lot and laughed a lot. Then we headed off to a near-by bowling alley for some more laughs and fun.

CMCK vs DKJ and dad is: Chris, Mike, Christina and Ken vs. Deb (aka mom), Kelly and Jen..... and dad. We played two, very non-competitive games of bowling. Something I haven't done in a long time and now remember why. I am NOT good at this game. I never broke 100 points, and Ken won both games. Here are some pictures of our family fun.

Christina was trying to keep up with the guys and as I recall gave them a run for their money.
Love this picture of Chris "kicking up" his heels. My brother even throws the bowling ball like a football. I was afraid he was going to knock some one's head off in the next lanes.

We never did find a ball that wasn't too heavy or too small for our fingers. Guess we can blame the horrible scores on that.

It was so nice to just have some adult family time. We all love the kids, but we all know how distracting they can be sometimes. Thanks family, I love you.