Love The Monkey Life: LaVerne Came To Visit!

Monday, February 14, 2011

LaVerne Came To Visit!

One of my most wonderful friends, LaVerne, just came for a visit for ten days and we had such a great time! She is just an amazing lady and the kids and Joshua and I loved having her! We took her “up the hill” on her first weekend here so she could see some snow (there’s none at her home in central California so this was a big deal for her). She can’t ski, but she enjoyed hot chocolate in the lodge and watched us play on the mountain. She also hung with Carter for a bit when he pooped out and the four of us got to explore the bigger hill for a while.
Posing for a couple of look where I was shots!

Here’s Joshua trying out the new “learn to ski harness” we got Carter. He wears the harness like a backpack and the adult can steer him and keep him from skiing uncontrollably down the hill with two leashes. It is sooo much nicer than trying to ski with him between our legs or use ski poles to give him balance. He did soooo well with it! It’s adorable and hilarious to watch him sliding down the hill with his knees bent and his little arms out like an airplane.

And I got some shots on the lift with Em

And then Trev

And then I caught this picture of Joshua and Trev going up the lift when I was skiing down the hill.

And since we had someone else there to snap a shot, all 5 of us got to be in a picture together!

That night after a long day at the snow, Carter was watching some TV before bed and LaVerne crawled on the couch with him and passed out.

In the evenings after the monkeys were in bed, LaVerne and I got to enjoy some adult time. We had a couple of drinks in front of the fireplace and our favorite snack, fried zucchini. Years ago when we were next door neighbors, from time to time, one of us would make fried zucchini and then call the other to come over and enjoy a surprise treat…it sure was nice to have LaVerne here to enjoy times like that together again!