Mammoth mountain fun!

We have these wonderful friends, the Manna's, who own a condo in Mammoth. We thought it would be fun to go and get away for a while. So, we left Sunday and came home Thursday. It is a pretty far drive-about 5 1/2 hours. We got there Sunday about 9 and the hotel was BEAUTIFUL! It was the nicest place either of us had ever stayed.

This is the hotel from the outside, pretty right? Now here is the lobby...


Yeah...the lobby. Goodness! Anyway, we went up to our room and were pleasently surprised. It had two HUGE bedrooms (with king size beds), a full kitchen, a dining area, and a living room with a pull out couch. Needless to say, we felt silly to be taking up that much space just for the 2 (and a half) of us! We forgot to take pictures before we messed it up with our stuff, so I pulled some off the web-site.




So since it was pretty late for us old people, we watched some tv and then went to bed. The next morning, Mike couldn't wait to get out and explore the town. Unfortunatly, neither of us could sleep in since light STREAMED in the windows the moment the sun rose. (We are used to our heavy curtains at home that let us sleep like vampires) So, all week we woke up early...I kept trying to explain to the sun that we were on vacation, but it just wouldn't listen! So, we got up Monday morning and Mike was dying to go check out The Village. I kept trying to stall him...worried that nothing would be open yet. So, we bundled up and went down to the village at 10:30. Unfortunatley, most stores were still closed. They didn't open until 11 because it was a down time...there weren't many people there which was nice for us! So we walked around and just hung out. This was a nice lazy day...here are some pictures we took around town....


Mike and a bear. And LOTS of snow!


MOOOOOOO! (this is for you Chels. I told you we have black and white cows!)



The snow was SO high next to the sidewalks and walkways-it was taller then us. There was snow EVERYWHERE and covering everything!

Yeah, those guys ARE on the roof of a two-story building and the snow pretty much comes up to it. We saw some houses two-story buildings that the snow was covering up to the roof. Crazy!





This is another shot of our hotel...check out the icicles hanging from the roof. I became obsessed with one falling off and stabbing one of us in the heart. Mike rolled his eyes everytime I talked about it...


Here is the view from our room...






So, the next day, Mike went snowboarding. The Manna's hooked us up with their friends who work as instructors and gave Mike a voucher so he could snowboard for free. Man, nothing like a free trip, right? So, Mike went snowboarding and I watched a lot of tv, looked up baby stuff on the net, and went swimming in the snow! The pool was heated to where I wasn't cold while I was swimming. But, after a lap I couldn't breathe due to the altitude and the cold! So I had to get out of the pool into the snow where I ran for my robe and towel and I am sure people were laughing at me while looking through their windows. Here is a picture of Mike when he came back from snowboarding.



Mike said the snowboarding was the best here and he will never be able to go anywhere local again. Well, at least Mammoth is close...not.

So, Wednesday we decided to go play in the snow. We had lots of fun and managed to stay warm! We bought a saucer/sled thing so Mike could go sledding. I wasn't going to go (due to the baby in my belly), but decided to when there were little kids going down. We might as well start our baby off young being a daredevil, right?






We had a blast even though Mike landed in someone's/something's poop at the bottom. Ewww! I made him bury it before I would go down. Such a nice hubby. :O)

Next, we decided to build a snowman. It turned into a snowwoman named Gertrude. And let me tell you...building a snowwoman is HARD work! Don't let the movies fool you if you haven't ever built one. But all in all, she was pretty amazing looking!





All in all, it was an amazing weekend! We loved being able to play in the snow and have time away. Thank you so much Manna's for letting us stay there and helping Mike go snowboarding and everything! We loved every minute of it and can't wait to go back!