Lets Hit the Slopes!

Red River, NM.  January Martin Luther King weekend when we had a long weekend was the perfect time for a quick ski trip.  Chris, Tyler and I drove over and left earl on Friday.  Kevin, Amelia, AJ, and friend Alex flew up in the Cozy!  That way the kids didn't leave school until noon on Friday!

 We had 2 cabins!

1 bedroom of the kids cabin!!

 The full kitchen and living room of the cabin!

Kev and I had the efficiency

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The kids cabin from the outside, we are across the parking lot!

 I can live with this view from my porch!  Even though I don't like the cold!

 My front porch! Sit there and watch the skiers!

 Time to get skies and boots or a snow board!  

 This was Alex's first time to go skiing, it was all new to him!

 AJ was excited!!!

 Amelia is getting her boots fitted to her skis!

 Chris, my oldest is happy, he has his snow board!

They got to AJ!!!!

 So many funny hats!!!!  Oh wow! Don't look, but that is my camera shy son, Tyler standing next to Kevin, and he is SMILING!!!!!


Saturday morning, ready to hit the slopes

Firs

 NO, I don't ski!  Not after blowing out my knee 16 years ago!

 After a day of skiing and shopping everyone is ready for dinner!

 Amelia and Alex

 At Red River they do a torch parade down the ski slope on Saturday night.  The skiers come down holding flares!  Very talented!

 Tyler came down and turned to spray us with snow and in the process wiped out!!

 Ales, Amelia, AJ, Tyler, Chris, Carrie, Kevin

 At 4 when the slopes close, you can sled for 1 hour!

 Day 2 Alex had lessons on day 1, so now he gets to be with the family on day 2!

 Sleepy Amelia.....

 This must be lunch break!

 Does your family ski?  Where do you go? 

Cozyflier

My 5X5X5 Day!

Yep, I'm back, worn out but back!  Lets see, I've survived Thanksgiving, managed to stay inside all day Black Friday, and then there was Saturday!

Had received a phone call a while back, Jeanne, one of Kev's cousins was going to have a Thanksgiving get together on Saturday after turkey day and wanted as many of the cousins as possible to come.  WOW!  We hadn't seen Jeanne and any of her family in about 12 years!  I needed to make this happen, quick call and start working on Kev's schedule!!!

Jeanne lives in Clinton, OK.  We live in Lubbock, TX.  This means a 5 hour drive!  Let me just say, if you are a pilot, DON'T have a heart attack.  Getting your license back is a lot of red tape.....

Saturday morning, I get up, get ready.  Kevin drives in from Littlefield ~ an hour away.  He had worked most of Thanksgiving week, hardly saw him.  We piled in the van, the kids act like we are moving when we take a road trip ~ 5 blankets, 4 pillows, 6 movies, and 4 water bottles!!  I started driving so Kevin could sleep, not much rest in the ER.  Didn't see any police on the road between Lubbock and Amarillo, but after Amarillo, they were thick!  The police were really working I-40.  We finally made it to Oklahoma, and yest we sang the state song!  Kev took over driving, we had another hour to hour and 1/2.

1:15 we arrived in Clinton and got to see a BUNCH of cousins!  Food was in abundance everywhere and it was great to see family we hadn't seen in all these years!  AJ was in heaven to meet MALE cousins, and better yet, ones that LOVE Star Wars as much as he does!!  Now AJ is scheming on how to get back to OKC where these cousins live :-)

The kids all ran around and played and the adults talked.  I realize that we didn't get pictures taken :-(

After several hours everyone started packing up to leave.  All the groups had drives, but we had the longest!  So after 5 hours of visiting, we headed back into the van to head home.

Back on the road for another 5 hour car trip!

5 hours driving, 5 hours visiting, 5 hours driving!  Yep, it was my 5 by 5 by 5 day and it was worth every mile!

How was your long weekend.?  Kev went back to work Sunday night, and the kids went back to school Monday.  I'm putting up Christmas now!!

Cozyflier


 

Reunion!

The 4th of July has come to mean going to Oklahoma to be with the cousins.  We have become very close to our niece and her family.  Stephanie has a pool so that means lots of fun.  But since most of the family lives in the OKC area it also means FAMILY gatherings.  When Kevin got to town on Friday for the holiday weekend, we started the stream of reunions.  Not everyone's schedule was going to jive for Sunday the 4th!

Hannah & Brent, Kev, Brandon, Bob, and Amelia

Emily, Hannah and Brent's daughter

Kevin and brother Steven that we haven't seen in about 15 years!

Amelia with baby Taylin. Amelia loves babies!!

Ashton and Skylar ~ these 3, counting Taylin are Steven's kids.

Amelia with Brook and fiance Cory.

Castaway Cay Playtime!

Disney's private island, Castaway Cay is a lot of fun. Wish we had had 2 days there. Well, like I have stated, this cruise was a learning experience.

So, did you spy the hidden Mickey? We made one out of the floats! It was AJ's idea! What can I say, it runs in the family!

Cozyflier

Family Reunion

After 25 years we finally got the entire Skvarenina side of the family together!






The entire family! 3 generations of Skvarenina's/Funks!




Mom with her 6 Grandchildren ~ Amelia, Elizabeth and Stephen Skvarenina, Chris, Tyler, and AJ. Mom is Lou!!



S. Gail Skvarenina, hubby Gary Maycroft. My sister naver changed her name, they have been married 32 years! Mom!



Chris, Kevin, ME, Tyler. Amelia, Mom, and AJ! Kevin and I are celebrating 25 years of marriage on June 8 :-)



Just so we are clear, some of our T's say, "Get Funked"!! A rock band I follow on FB!



The elusive, camera shy Tyler! Good ole Ashley managed to get Tyler when he wasn't paying attention!



One of my friends, Kelly, who was operating one of the 5 cameras! 3 friends, tripods, it was hilarious! But none of us were looking at the same camera at the same time. Oh well!



Gail and I hassling my brother Tim when he decided to stand on the hearth for the pictures!!



Carol, Stephen, Elizabeth, Tim, and Lou Skvarenina. This is my brother's family. Tim and his wife have been married 31 years!



S. Gail, Tim, and Carrie (me) with Lou. Mom with her 3 kids :-)

We all got to visit, I made fajitas on the grill with all the trimmings, we all played Apples to Apples and everyone got to see Mom.


Cozyflier