Our Trip Recap

My in-laws have a timeshare condo up in Whistler, B.C. and were able to book 5 units so alot of our family could make the trip together. We are so incredibly grateful that they included us. We had never been and we definitely plan on going again.

Whistler is a little resort village a few hours North of Vancouver, B.C. and only about 3-4 hrs from us. It is such a beautiful place and nestled at the base of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains where they have some of the best skiing and snowboarding in North America. I was blown away at how far some people had traveled. Everywhere we went we were meeting people from Australia. Apparently this is a popular destination for them. Whistler also was the host to the 2010 winter olympics.

Neither Brandon or I have ever skiied and didn't have time this trip (let's face it, it is too hard with two little ones) but we want to now! I was in awe at the beauty of this place. 

Here is a recap of our trip (in photos)

They still had up Christmas lights and it was beautiful

This was where the Medal's ceremonies took place during the Olympics

Kendra's first time seeing and playing in the snow!

He LOVED it!

First time sledding!

She was so mellow

He preferred laying. I promise his head wasn't dragging!

Sledding with Daddy

On our way up the Gondola

Let me just say that heights and I are not friends but I knew this was an amazing opportunity and I would be bummed if I didn't force myself to go. It is the world's highest gondola and was built specifically for the Olympics. I believe at the highest point the elevation is over 6200 ft. You take a gondola up the mountain and then hop onto another one that takes you from Whistler's peak to Blackcomb's peak. Yes, it was amazing and breathtaking but scary. I did much better than I thought, until... on our way down the mountain we halted to a stop and didn't move for five minutes. Let's just say I had a minor panic attack and it was a good thing that we had a gondola to ourselves and no one had to witness me crying.

I just love this pic!

No evening in our household is complete without wrestling Daddy.

This trip provided us with a lot of firsts for the kids; first time out of the country, first time sledding, first time ice skating for Jaxson (he didn't like and didn't do it long enough to get pics), first time for hot cocoa and caramel apples and first time on a gondola. We had so much fun and made so many memories!