Our Mountain Trip...

Wow!!! What an awesome trip to the mountains. Our trip started when the kids got out of school on Friday afternoon. We met Jeremy, Jennell, Scottie, and Todd and headed to the mountains for an eventful weekend. We decided to stay at the lovely house and have an evening playing the wii and Texas Hold "Them". Jeremy and Scottie taught Camie, Zach and Nick how to play and then Nick turned into a "pro". We had a good time just "hanging out" and spending time together. We "played" until about 2:00 am then we decided it was time for bed so that we could hit the slopes in the morning. We got up and ate pancakes for breakfast and then after we all had showers, we headed to Beech Mountain for a day of fun!!! We skiied during the day and then went back to the house and had Jeremy's famous spaghetti. Then we headed to the slopes again to ski the night session, unfortunately Jennell and Zach didn't go back with us because Zach had been sick with a bad cold earlier in the week and he wasn't feeling well and Jennell's legs were hurting from her "custom fit" boots. Mike, Camie, Jeremy, Todd, Scottie and Nick went back to the slopes but after a couple of runs the "older guys" gave it up for the day and Nick and Scottie skiied until the slopes closed. We headed back to the house and played more wii and Texas Hold "Them". We got up on Sunday morning we woke to several inches of fresh snow.. it was very pretty but slick... We had french toast for breakfast and then packed up and headed home, we made it down a few streets and then The Stroupe family van was STUCK!!! The police told us that there was no way we would make it up the hill and we needed to pull over and wait on the slag truck that was on the way. After about 45 minutes, the slag truck came and we followed him back up the hill. Then we were off to our "2nd destination".... Tubing at Hawksnest. It was VERY BREEZY... the windchill was below zero!!! Camie was the only smart one that decided to stay warm in the lodge while all the others battled with the cold and tubed for about 1 1/2 hours. It was a weekend that we will never forget!!! A weekend spent with our "bestest friends". We are already planning to return. For a more updated blog you can go to www.jeremyandjennell.blogspot.com.