Whistler, Canada

Last week we had the opportunity to stay at a friend's condo in Whistler. We had never been there before, so we thought it would be fun. We invited friends from our ward, Emily and Brandon Dorman and their kiddies, to come with us. The condo we stayed in is the one on the left. It was beautiful!

 We had a movie night and let the kids watch Jungle Book. Rule was, you have to stay on the couch or you go to bed. Did they stay on? Of course not. Did they get sent to bed? of course not. Please don't take parenting lessons from me.

 Jackson and Sam - they stayed on the couch

 Brandon and Emily and little Max! Thanks for coming you guys!

 These are the Whistler ski runs. Awesome huh? Even though ski season opened while we were there, we

didn't go. I hope to go back someday though and ski down those! 

 Thanks to Emily for taking these pictures of Jonathan and me!

 Jonathan was taking pictures of inside the condo the morning we left, and this is my "oh ya, I'm in jammies" pose.

 The kids watching cartoons while we cleaned up. Those chips kept them happy for quite a while.

 Here are the boys getting ready to go play in the snow. Dawson ended up not really liking it too much, so he didn't spent a lot of time outside.

 Our view from the condo

 Dean throwing a snowball at mommy

 More snowballs being thrown at mommy

 Jonathan found a sled in the condo and took the boys on a little ride. Then we found that we could walk down a little path that put us right under the ski lifts of the closed runs. Jonathan took the boys sledding down it a few times.

 Dawson and Jackson

 I think Sam had the most fun sledding, especially since he and Brandon saw a bear! Luckily the bear didn't see them and walked away.

This is just to prove that I was outside for a few minutes.

The funnest part of the trip was the swimming pool. The kids loved it! There was even a big bin of toys by the pool that kids could take in the water and play with. We went twice and it was definitely the best part of the week.

Brandon, Max, Jonathan, Dawson