Only 25.5 hours left in 2008 and we are Upstate skiing. For the first time ever, the four Baguers came Upstate sans Oma & Granddad. Unfortunately, due to Oma's radiation regiment, they cannot come up until 12/31/08 and are leaving 1/1/09! I don't think they will be here for even 24 hours. As much as it stinks, we are all grateful that she is in great shape, kicking the crap out of her cancer and will be here for many more new years to come. We got up here late Friday night and sat around Saturday & Sunday and watched the temperature reach an unnecessary 60 degrees fahrenheit. Fear not, the temp finally dropped Sunday night and we went skiing Monday - and man did it blow! Can you say ICE, ICE BABY. Well, in the famous words of Levan, who is one of the most positive people we know, "I take every condition and use it as a training experience". Em did that for sure. That girl was scared out of her mind starting out and I have the knees to prove it. She perfected the snow plow for the first half of the day until I nearly beat her with my ski poles. After I cracked the whip shel looked like a pro and way better than me. Needless to say, I spent the better part of today sucking down pain killers on the couch. I WILL be skiing again tomorrow though. Cris was all but ready to quit snowboarding until Aunt Gennie told him to get over it and suck it up. I'm certain he'll be hitting the slopes with renewed enthusiasm tomorrow. Unfortunately the only ski pix we have are from last year. Baguer has his job assignment for tomorrow. Skiing pictures from tomorrow and new year's eve pictures to come. Stay tuned.......
