Presidents Day weekend in Leadville

After the good skiing in Eldora, i was keen to keep improving on Tyler's skiing. And we found out that they had a 4 day weekend off during Presidents Day and booked a weekend away at the last minute to go ski at Ski Cooper!!

We also invited the Chandrasekaras at the VERY last minute. :)

After some not so nice road conditions, we got to Leadville to a cute little cottage. After unpacking our stuff, we hurried out to catch the last few hours at the Mining Museum in town. It was a cute little museum with a walk-thru replica on an underground rock mine. The kids somehow were rather freaked out by it, even though i kept telling them we're not really under ground!!

When we got back, we started making some dinner while waiting for the Chandrasekaras to arrive. After dinner, we relaxed...

The next two days Tyler, Damith and I spent our time skiing at Ski Cooper. Tyler and I spent the first day practically doing the same 2 runs nearly all day. On the second day, after Damith had finally admitted he doesn't actually know how to snowboard, he tried out  skis and found that he's a natural on them! After a couple of hours on bunny slopes, he also joined us on the green runs. We managed to do nearly all the green runs that day! It was an awesome day surrounded by beautiful views of snowy mountains all around!!

Alan and Cody on the other hand, spent their days exploring the Mineral Belt trail with Sabrina and Siobhan. They also spent a lot of time building snowman and snow mazes!!!

At the National Mining Museum

Inside the mine replica

The the elevator miner

checking out the fake horse

Checking out parts of the museum

The kids watching TV

We relaxed too

First day on bunny slope to make sure gear is good!!

Tyler ready to take on the green runs

Not sure what Cody is doing..

Kids at meal time

Cody and Siobhan playing with snow man

Tyler and I on 2nd day of skiing

Tyler and I near the chair lift

Tyler and I after day of skiing

Damith joined us on the slopes

Tyler wanted to play in the snow too

All in all, it was fun but relaxing weekend.

Here is a video of Tyler at the end of the day skiing. He felt so comfortable that he performed Oppa Gangnam Style all the way down the mountain! Crazy kid!!