Skiing & Snow!!

We finally have snow, a lot of it, in Gaming!

It snowed most days this week; there's about a foot of snow in our backyard.  It's supposed to continue snowing all next week too.  Overall, it feels much warmer than winters in the States (Iowa, Ohio) because there's not much windchill in the foothills.  I'd say the average temperatures lately have been 32 F for the high and 25 F for the low.  Yesterday and today the high has only been in the teens, which makes us extra excited about our upcoming trip to the Mediterranean (our final BIG trip planned before the arrival of our next baby - because how one travels to various countries with 3 car seats, I'm not yet sure)!

So before I start posting *hopefully* pictures of us in warmth....here's a bunch of the snow!!!

Ellie's first time skiing

Brian coaching Ellie, teaching her to keep her hands on her knees as she goes down the mountain

"Hey guys, did you forget about me?"

"Anyone want to pull me on this sled?"

Ellie & Brian riding up the 'carpet' ski lift in Lunz am See

Attempting to ski/sled in Lunz a few days later

No one else was on the slope (there's no cost for the bunny area, aka, it's not up and running when the snow is pouring down!)

"I love the ski obstacle animals!" - said Francis, right before he gave him a hug

"I'm not moving"

Pretty snow-covered trees on our drive home

Entering the town of Gaming -- Kartause on the left

View of the Kartause from our backyard

Playing in our backyard -- bowl on the table collecting snow for homemade ice cream!

Ellie sledding from our backyard to our neighbor's (even though she told me she was never going sledding again, only skiing)

Francis' favorite hiding spot -- found you!!