Back from Angel Fire!

We are back and we had a fabulous time!! Angel Fire is beautiful. The mountain offers a lot of different options for all levels of skiers, snowboarders, and even tubing. The resort is big with a swimming pool, hot tub, gift shops, and restaurants. The "town" is small, but there is a grocery store, ski rental shops, restaurants, and housing. The view is spectacular and very scenic. The weather cooperated for our travels and was beautiful on Saturday, some might even say "it was hot." It is a nice place for families to go and learn to ski and just be able to hang out and relax.

So to recap our trip I'll give you some highs and lows from our adventures.

Highs
1. We all had a great time.
2. Chad's dream of a family ski trip came true.
3. Cooper made it through 4 hours of ski school.
4. We got a picture of Cooper in her gear at ski school.
5. I made it through morning and afternoon ski lessons.
6. I put on my skis for day two.
7. Cooper and I really like tubing.
8. Marie made it through morning and afternoon ski lessons.
9. Chad took Marie up to the top of the mountain on day two and she loved every minute of it.
10. All the Watson's did fantastic at skiing and had a great time together.
11. The weather was beautiful.
12. We all dealt with the altitude very well.
13. Everyone's travels were safe.
14. Our two bedroom/two bathroom condo was very nice and accommodating.

Lows
1. Dad and Marie's flight out of Omaha left 3 hours late.
2. Our condo wasn't ready for check in when we arrived.
3. Dad and Marie's flight out of Phoenix left 1 1/2 hours late.
4. Within 3 minutes of arriving in the condo, Campbell fell and hit the spot right between her eyes on the toddler bed. We thought we may need to go to the hospital.
5. The Watson's #2 reservations weren't all made, like ours were.
6. Our lift tickets weren't available for us at check in, because we stayed in a condo. And when Chad went to pick them up on Friday, Cooper's ski school tickets were messed up.
7. Cooper only made it through 4 hours of ski school, (we had hoped for 1 1/2 days.)
8. Dylan left ski school early as well.
9. At the end of day 1, when Kayre and I went to pick up Dylan and Cooper from ski school, the staff didn't know where they were at and told us they were already released to Dylan's mom and they didn't know who took Cooper and her instructor was sick and went home early. Needless to say after MUCH worry, they finally told us my dad had picked them both up.
10. At ski school, they never had Cooper's name correct. They called her "Isabelle" and when I went to pick up her picture they had her named "Chad."
11. Cooper refused to go to ski school anymore.
12. The grocery store closes at 7:30.
13. All the times "listed" were not followed. (ie opening, closing, meeting, pick up)
14. No cell phone service for any of the Watson's or us. Only dad's Verizon worked. No long distance calls from the condo.
15. Campbell got sunburned on her cheeks from watching us go tubing.
16. An 11 hour drive home, to avoid bad weather.

So...

We've all decided next year we are going to try out Taos!


This was the Watson's #1 (Kayre, Darby, Taylor, & Dylan) second family ski trip. Taylor is an awesome skier and went to the top of the mountain with the guys. Dylan really picked it up and was doing the bunny slope all of day 2. The Watson's #1 (Darrin, Janet, and Jessi) hadn't been skiing in a while and it was Jessi's first time, and she really picked it up and went to the top of the mountain with the guys. Kayre always has things well planned out and a good agenda set and this time was no different. She made sure we were all prepared and had all essential equipment. Everyone enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to the next time.

My dad even said next time he will take lessons. ;o)