Boyne Mountain Resort

On Friday morning, we got up early to head to Boyne so the boys could ski for a few days.  We dropped Winger off with Grandma and made it to Boyne just after 11am.  They boys were on the slopes by 11:30 and we were able to check into the Chalet Edelweiss shortly after.  This was our first time staying in the Chalets and we unanimously decided that is where we would stay going forward.  There are only 35 rooms and it is located between two ski slopes.  Our room had a balcony overlooking the Mountain Express lift which was a lot of fun.  There was also a nice lounge with hot cocoa and pastries, a living room area with comfortable chairs by the fireplace, a sauna, and a firepit (with smores!) just outside.  The boys were able to ski-in and ski-out all day and pop in for hot cocoa whenever they wanted.  On Saturday, Alex took a break from skiing to go to the water park and Phil joined Will on the slopes.  Despite the warm weather, they had 29 runs open and 7 lifts.  Before heading home, we went to Petoskey for a late lunch and walked around the town for a little bit.  

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! The boys woke us up at 6:30am to start the festivities. We let the excitement build while we had cinnamon rolls with bacon. Then we started in on stockings. We like to take our time with gifts so we didn't finish opening everything until around 11:30. At that point, we started a round of Harry Potter Monopoly (Will's gift to Alex). We paused the game around 12:30 when Grandma arrived. We had some snacks and opened more gifts. Later in the afternoon, we finished our Monopoly game, played the ornament game, and watched The Grinch. It was a great Christmas!

 

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun, as usual.  We arrived at the Hofmeyer's around 1:30 and spent some time visiting before enjoying a delicious spread.  Then we exchanged gifts and played Bingo and the saran wrap ball game.  This year, the lotto tickets had a lot of winners which was fun!  Before heading home, we drove through East Grand Rapids to see the lights and luminaria.  We watched Charlie Brown Christmas before heading to bed.

 

Muskies Team Photos

 

Downtown Holiday Fun

After Will's hockey game, we went downtown to see the decorations, have dinner, and visit Santa.  

 

7th Grade Band Concert

 

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

We finished decorating the house for the holidays over the long weekend. We decorated the tree Saturday evening after the Michigan game (Go Blue!) and did our gingerbread houses on Sunday night before watching Home Alone. We are ready for the holidays!