Easter, Last Ski Day, Cancer and Projects

As I look for photos of what to share, I wonder what do people want to know. I sometimes think that work and life is a little like a Seinfield episode, lots of laughs living daily but trying to describe usually makes no sense or sounds boring.

Normally we would be spending the day on Easter Sunday getting out on the slopes and enjoy the last few days the moutain is open. Well, this year, Easter Sunday brought with it RAIN. If you have ever skied in rain you know that these days are not usually very fun ski days. We went up the day before in the same conditions and came down the moutain absolutely soaking wet inside and out. So, being that we did not want to deal with this again, we decided to have a relaxing Sunday spent inside eating, decortaing Easter eggs and working on our annual family Easter Egg hunt. Our hunt is a little like a scanvenger hunt being that you need to work your way around the house, finding clues that lead to more clues until you can find the actually hiding location of the BIG EGG filled with candy. So we do not go around looking for hard boiled eggs but act like a detective to find a paper mache type of egg that is loaded with candy. The kids LOVE this.

Last Ski Day - a great day. Family time spent sliding. When you look at old photos of skiing, you tend to always see families together. Skiing really is a family activity. I can not descibe in words the feeling of euphoria that one gets spending time together outside in the snow. It is life changing and Tessa & I are proof of that as we made our way to the mountains years ago and have not looked back. The last day was absolutley packed with partiers but we kept our space from them as we stayed on the other side of the mountain. Our last run of the ski year, picture this, fresh groomed snow that looks like cordoray, no one around, skiied the entire way down to Lionshead and did not see a sole. Just the 5 of us smiling and wishing that the season wasn't ending today.

We just finished working on a cancer awareness Tessa Clogs Snap Strap. We made this for a local charity event - First Descents Ball. First Descents provides whitewater kayaking and other outdoor adventure experiences to promote emotional, psychological and physical healing for young adults with cancer. What is beautiful about this organization is to bring the love of the mountains to those that are dealing with cancer. Check out there web site that I linked above. 25% of the sales of our Tessa First Descents Awareness Clogs is being donated back to First Descents.

Peace and Hugs to all