Even though the kids were down late on Friday, Logan woke up five something and kept asking when it would be wake up time.  He finally came down from his bed after 6:30am and played with the Tablet until Connor was up too.  Later we made it outside our bedroom to say hi to the Tsaos and the Kaos who were nicely dressed for their ski day.  After they left, we slowly got ready and took off to the Heavenly Ski Resort which was only few minutes away from the house.  We parked at Harrah’s and took a short walk to Marriott Timber Lodge for the gondola ride.  We were all excited to get inside one; the boys told us that they were scared but they had the biggest smile on their faces.  After the nice long scenic ride, we stepped out to the Observation Deck to look around.  The boys were anxious to play with snow, so they rushed us through the walk around and back onto a gondola.  When we were up at the base, the kids were fascinated and could not wait to get a snow ball in their hand.  Logan wanted to play snowball fight and Connor wanted to build a snowman.  Unfortunately there was no fresh snow as it was mostly hard packed.  We walked around and encouraged the boys to consider trying tubing, but both of them declined and they just focused on their missions.  Stuart and I ultimately gave up and let them play at an open area.  Stuart became the snowball machine, digging up the icy snow to make softer balls for the boys.  I started making a snowman for Connor.  Later Logan built a little snow fort too.  We ended up spending quite a bit of relaxing time hanging out there.  Later we moved over to the viewing area for tubing to see if we sparked some interests; the boys ended up enjoying their time just sitting and watching people coming down on tubes.

    After 1pm, we finally wanted to take our lunch break.  The lodge was busy; it took awhile to get the food and find a table.  As Logan was finishing up his lunch, he looked so tired and wanted to fall sleep.  Once we stepped outside to the snow again, we all got a second wind.  We found another play area to play snowballs fight.  This time I got involved digging and making snowballs, and we teamed up for the fight.  Logan and I ultimately had snow on our chests and we lost the fight.  Connor was tired and was the one suggesting us to return to the house.  We picked up free cocoa and cookies right before we hopped on the gondola which was a nice little treat.  We got back to the house to say hello to others and quickly went down for a nap.

    After nap, we met up with everyone in the living room and kitchen.  The kids slowly migrated downstairs to play with foosball which was a great hit for the kids over the weekend.  After the enjoyable hotpot dinner and cake, Logan and Brandon got to play Minecraft Xbox.  Brandon knows how to play Minecraft but was not as familiar with the Xbox version, so Logan gave pointers to get him started.  Later the husbands decided to play pool while the girls hung out and chatted at the table.  We took a break later to get the kids to bed; once again it took the boys sometimes before they finally stayed down.  We then migrated downstairs with drinks and snacks to join the rest for pool time.  After some great chats and laughs, we went to bed to end another late night.