Mammoth!

This was Peter’s birthday trip, and the trip he had been waiting for since Jerome was born! They went out together and Jerome learned to ski! Darrell gave me the pics of Jerome on his skiis as I was at the cabin most of the time.

Peter really seemed to enjoy the whole trip and I’m honored that he wanted to take us all along!

Finally, pictures!

Packed to the hilt and ready to go! Our first rest stop…after a stop for lunch, that is. Fun on some four wheelers while stretching our legs…they had to be pushed! Etan offered to push Seth. Seth gladly accepted! Jerome and Daddy having a little race. Jerome had just cut Peter off so he could stay ahead! Jerome getting some pent up energy out while Seth enjoys the ride! Silly guys! Ian didn’t actually crawl around very much, he was fascinated by all the commotion around him! Bishop! Salt flats Near Red Rock Mountain Beginning to see the snow! This view was on one side of the car… And this on the other. Absolutely spectacular! Abby put one ear bud in Ian’s ear playing lullabies and he went to sleep! Sorry Babe, I had to! :-) Abby comfortably stretched up in the backseat! Darrell on the sunny side of the car! Near Bristlecone Pine where we stopped almost eight years ago for a picnic. Many oohs and ahhs from the back of the car at this point in our trip! I had just missed getting the sun flare over the peak of this mountain. We made it to the snow! A quick sled before dinner. Can you believe Abby is in the snow in shorts and flipflops? After Peter’s birthday dinner at Joe’s Pizza! Our first morning in Mammoth the boys and I walked to the village gondola that we could see from our cabin window! The boys enjoyed it very much. They even told me they were not afraid at all and loved being so high up! Seth said, The boys would get up and walk around and the gondola would rock back and forth! Seth said “That was giggoly!”. Honestly I was glad to get off the thing when it came back down! It was a view right out of a Jan Brett book, though, and worth braving the heights to see it! After the bus ride home we laid lunch stuffs out for the snow fiends who only took a lunch break one day, and the boys were very eagerly awaiting their reluctant return. Jerome dressed and ready to hit the slopes with Daddy! And I think Daddy was grateful for a slower paced afternoon! ;-) Jerome and Daddy both on skiis for the first time! Thanks for the pics Darrell! The view from our balcony on the first day. While everybody was on the mountain and Verity was in the cabin with a napping Ian, I took Seth out to go sledding for a little while. He was dealing with an injured hand and a slight fever, but he didn’t want to miss out on the snow! He wanted to stand on the sled and try to snowboard like Daddy! Seth was a little too light to go down very fast by himself on such a slight grade, so I put the camera inside and hopped on with him. :-) They told me there were 100 mile per hour winds at the top of Mammoth Mountain that day and most of the ski lifts were closed, but they all went out anyway and had a blast! Jerome back from skiing! I’m told he did very well! Little Beau Schramm! Ian Daniel looking out on a very cold world. You can see what he thought of it. He cut three more teeth last week! We had terrible nights, but thankfully he didn’t disturb anyone else with his volume and we had pleasant days in the cabin. Seth took these pictures of our afternoon of reading on the couch together. Great focus and composition for a three year old! Coming in from their last day of snowboarding and skiing. Happy birthday, Peter! And the drive back down the mountian through the snow. I took lots of pictures of the Sierras covered in snow. “The majesty” was Peter’s comment…it made me feel so small to look at them! The mountains reminded me of Edvard Grieg’s music… We moved past them so quickly, and I knew that it was true…our life is but a passing breath. “But Thou, O Lord, dost abide forever, and Thy name to all geberations.” Ps. 102:12 It felt like such a long journey into that valley. First stop for lunch in Bishop. This struck me as funny. :-) Boy, was it ever windy and cold! Peter kept Ian out of the water, but poor Jerome fell in! Darrell made it across! Abby and I! Next stop, Lancaster! Peter stopped at an empty field where the boys could run around… and throw things! :-) Darrell put up a big branch in a concrete piece and the boys had fun finding trash to hang on it. The sign was face down and Darrell discovered it! I just found this shot contradictory. the driver must have been learning to back the thing up. Seth enjoyed the show! Abby and Darrell! Target practice…sort of. Can you tell I like jumping pictures? I think it’s the challenge of the capture. Do we really have to get back in the car? As we were driving into our home town Dad calls to let us know that Jane’s train was late and we might be able to catch her before she left for school again. In God’s providential timing, we got off at the same exit where Anna and Jane were and we had a few minutes before we had to part ways. What a wonderful end to a wonderful trip!

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