Austria Day 2

On Saturday March 26th, we woke up bright and early to get an early start on skiing!

This was our view first thing in the morning - isn't it beautiful!!!

And the other direction on our balcony.

So the weather is a bit crazy, this is what we were looking back at while we were heading up the gondola.  You can see that there is no sun anywhere here, yet.

AJ and Michael wanted to ride up with the other kids, so we had a nice chat with Kai and Petra on the way up!

Michael and David heading down the hill for their first run!!!  I am not sure if you can tell from this picture but there was soooooooooooo much powder!!!!!!!

AJ went ahead of us trying to stay up with the other kids, so just the three of us on the lift this time.

You can see all the snow on David and see his boots are gone in the snow!!  I haven't skied in such awesome powder for I don't know how long!

AJ finally decided to join us so the others could pick up the pace.  David and AJ boarding on down!

Michael taking a little break - he is doing so well with his turns and skiing in general!

The view from the top of the mountain!  Even with the cloud cover it was beautiful!

The other side of the view!

David working those edges of the board!!!  Talk about much improvement!!!

Here comes Michael - screaming down the hill!!!

Look at these guys!!!  Looking so comfortable on their boards!

You can start to see the blue sky coming out!

AJ taking a little well deserved break!

The four of us on the lift!!!  Thank goodness that David has long arms to get us all in!  Did I mention they are heated seats?!?!

 The ski is starting to clear even more!!!!

This is the half pipe, first thing in the morning it was all powder with no tracks going down it.  It is amazing how fast the snow gets packed down.

Michael is enjoying himself so much and LOVES having poles now!

Look at that sky now!!!  It is crystal clear!!!!  It was great skiing in the morning even though there wasn't any sunshine, but bringing out the sun made it even better!!!!

Michael taking a rest before lunch, fully covered in snow!!!

Michael, Jan and AJ enjoying some much earned lunch!

The  view outside the window at lucnh!!!

I know there are a lot of pictures of the scenery, but it was just soooooooo beautiful!!!  God paints an awesome picture!

This is the outside of the lodge that we ate lunch at.

 

Look at how the clouds are hanging on the top of the mountains. 

Aren't we cute?

So nice and peaceful up there!

This is our meeting spot at the top of the mountain - all waiting for the group to get together.

Either David is done or just enjoying the sun - you decide!

My two snowboarders!!!

Jan and AJ getting ready to head down the hill.



Michael and Lena heading down the half pipe!

Now you can see the bottom and there it is all green and grass, and up here is all snow and actually really warm because of the sun.

I love the river that we had to cross every morning to go skiing!!!

After we finished skiing for the day, Petra took us into a close town that is known for their glass blowing.  This was an amazing cave that they made with all types of glass.

They have people, upside down tables, flowers, so many different things.

It is a really cool "cave" in the middle of a huge store!

The sun was setting on another wonderful day!!!  We headed over to our friend's apartment to hang out for a little while, the kids played Uno while we chatted.  We didn't stay too late because we were going to loose an hour and we wanted to get an early start for skiing again tomorrow.