John and I left Christian at home with his Uncle Ral for the weekend, and Manny was able to spend some time with his Grandma Simpson. John and I spent the night at my mom's house Friday night (it's sorta on the way), and started our trek the following morning at 5:00 a.m. We made excellent time, and arrived in South Lake Tahoe at 8:30 a.m.

Shortly after we arrived at the cabin, we made our way to the Heavenly Ski Resort. I'd never been to Heavenly, and was surprised when I found out that it is one of the most expensive resorts in SLT, lift tickets cost $82. Luckily John and I were able to find discount tickets on Craigslist for $65.

We had an awesome time snowboarding. John and I hadn't been boarding for about 8 years, so we were newbies once again. The first run down the "bunny" slope was a bit rough. I started getting comfortable by the second or third run. I wish we were able to stay for a second day. I'm sure that I would have felt confident enough to try a more difficult run.

After a long day of snowboarding we went back to the cabin to a wonderful home cooked meal (egg plant parmesan) by one of Missy and Paul's friends. It was delicious. The rest of the evening was spent playing beer Jenga, eating everclear jello shots (yeah, never doing that again...haha), and running amok.

Being the "old lady" that I am, I called it quits early, but the room John and I stayed in was just off the kitchen so we were able to hear what went on the rest of the evening.

The next morning Kinsie made her famous Corona cakes (pancakes made with Corona beer). I took some advil to try and cure my headache. We cleaned the best we could, and left the cabin around 11:30 a.m. We made it back to my mom's house to pick up Manny at 3:30 p.m., and were finally home around 5:00 p.m.

What an amazing weekend.

Next weekend John and I are going to Squaw Valley for my birthday, and I can't wait!

Some more photos for your viewing pleasure ;)

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