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This photo is explained below ... Torch Light Parade down the mountain (the rows of lights are bunches of children skiing down)

My two boys playing outside with the little kids

My younger son, in orange, with his friend
The slope behind them is where the parade took place.

I have been missing in action (actually on vacation) for the past nine days. I had every intention of blogging before leaving but I completely ran out of time. Every February school break we head up to Vermont to a little ski mountain called Magic. It is the most wonderful,family oriented place. We have tons of friends who are there every year. The kids can take off on their own and we never have to worry about them. The kids are all ages and all play, ski and get along great. The final night there they have a huge party with food, raffles, a band, fireworks and something they call the torch light parade. The kids take the chair lift to the top of the mountain (at dusk but with lots of adult supervision). At dark, they each get a torch and proceed down the mountain, all in a row, skiing back and forth across the mountain. It is quite a site! This year my almost 10 year old was able to participate which he loved. The photo looks strange but imagine all of those lights is a kid skiing down. This year there had to be over 100 participants.

We also went to watch competetors from all over the world ski jumping in Brattleboro, VT. It was a newly renovated ski jump that was open for the first time in four years. That was really amazing. Future olympians!

It is such an amazing week. I'm sorry it's over but ... back to work. I did not have access to a computer except for one evening so I was having some major withdrawal! Guess where the first place I headed was when I walked in the door?!

I'm looking forward to getting back to painting and adding new goodies to my site. Have a great week. Thanks for visiting...