Posts from — March 2013

The past weekend was our Family Sun Peaks Ski Vacation.

Jeff, Lindsay, Zachary and Oliver arrived from Kelowna on Thursday night. So, on Friday afternoon we all headed up to Sun Peaks around 3 o’clock. Kevin, Tamara, Sage and Conrad left Princeton a little later on Friday afternoon and they all arrived around 7:00 p.m.

After everyone got settled in and fed dinner it was time for the kids “Treasure Hunt”.

This year instead of one large treasure hunt for all the kids we made up 3 different ones.

The first treasure hunt was for Conrad and Zachary. We started by giving them each a set of keys and a picture of an item somewhere in the condo; the pictures (clues) were cut of newspaper ads. At the first hidden location they found a small box that was locked with two locks.

Each of them had to use the keys we gave them to open the boxes we had hid around the condo; the picture inside the box revealed the location of the next clue. The final box sent them to where we had hidden their “Treasure”.

For Oliver we hid his “Treasure” behind a chair and tied a long piece of wool to it and the rest of the kids helped him find his “Treasure”.

Sage’s treasure hunt was much more difficult.

Each clue had a mathematics question and the correct answer to the question told her where she had to go in the condo to find her next  clue.

This continued until the final clue lead her to where her “Treasure” was located.

On Saturday morning Kevin, Jeff and Lindsay hit the slopes and then after lunch Tamara and Sage headed off for ski lessons. Meanwhile Brenda and I took Conrad, Zach and Oliver for a walk and some time with the snow sleds. Then it was time for Zach and Oliver to have a nap while Conrad and I went sledding on some steeper slopes.

Sunday morning was time for family visiting, bonding and pictures.

It was definitely a weekend that included lots of laughs, lots of food and lots of love.

Very special family times.