The Carter/Ropac Family Christmas Weekend

This year we met up with Jeff's side of the family, his dad and Joan, sister Kelly, sister Melissa and her family up at Boyne. Our little "ski weekend" that we had planned didn't turn out as hoped, but we still made it a great time. We all met up at Boyne and rented a condo on the side of the mountain...one of those ski in/ski out. Yeah, well the trouble was there was no snow! HA! What a surprise it was when we drove up and saw a huge brown mountain staring at us:) There were a few runs open and us beginners were able to still have a great time. Jeff has been snowboarding for about 40 years now, so he's an expert. I have for about six, but still wasn't too good at it, so I decided to take ski lessons. Melissa and I took a semi-private lesson together while Zach, Alexis and Randy took a snowboard lesson. Olivia went to ski bunny school, but wasn't digging it, so she left early with daddy. Kelly took on the big hill with lessons from her private pro- Jeff. And Deagan got some time with his grandpa Tom and Joan in the condo. Jeff and I brought up a nice prime rib that he cooked for our Christmas dinner Friday night, it came out better than ever before...mmm! Saturday we decided to hit the slops again with Olivia. We bought a ski leash and led her down the big mountain. She did so great! She listened very well and had more fun that we ever expected. It was quite a workout to lead her down that mountain! Saturday night we attempted the indoor waterpark, but were mostly too wiped out to do much. Jeff did the surfing simulator twice and just about got the hang of it! Overall it was a great time. It was so nice to have all of the family in one place for the entire weekend! We all took our turn with a stomach flu, but it was still a great Christmas:)