This 9 pack might lead me to a 6 Pack

Thursday, December 27th, 2018 broke clear over the Austrian Alps. Everyone in our ten pack seemed up for some ski and adventure.  A bountiful breakfast of omelettes, waffles and donuts was enjoyed by all.  We all descended on the boot room at 8:40 so we could get out and ski.  The north side and its great runs and stunning views was our destination.

Can you here the AC/DC Abby? Or is that just the Beatles Grace.

Berta the cow and the whole crew ready to ski!!!

Selfie nation the sun is bright this morning

The Alps and the skiers.  The varsity was TB, Abby, Grace and SA.  The JV team was all others on this day.

Let’s go crazy

Grace says go big or go home mom.

Nuff said.

Butners on the observation deck at the top of the north side 

Anseths on the observation deck.  Apparently the Lord’s light is shining down on Grace this day.

One of my favorite moments was riding the gondola with the girls and we broke into a little Wagon Wheel. I was laughing so hard.  Bringing the tunes on the slopes was definitely a huge plus for us.

Some in the crew kept skiiing while others stopped for food and hot chocolate.

The hot chocolate!!! We better check what is in Katie’s.

This girls looks wild.... and the afternoon hasn’t even started 

The ski restaurant 

Crazy place 

This is what focus looks like.  Small and mighty 

The Butners in the sun before we ski back to the hotel

The girls in the snow Katie and Abby what are you two doing.  Katie don’t strain that much...

Not injured.  Yeah!!!!

On the way back down Katie decide to do a ski jump into an inflatable bag.  Don’t ask me - I was too scared and probably too old.

The run up

On the ramp

We have lift off

Gently? Back to earth 

We skied back down by the hotel where we tried the Fisser Flieger.  It is basically a family zip line over several of the runs.  It was amazing Kari, Grace, Katie and I did it.

This is the Butner girls so you get the idea.  Abby are you gonna dab it out or not?

From there Katie, Sophie and Elle decided to try the alpine swing.  Which received a big hell no from me

This is a picture of Sophie, Elle and Katie paused at the top.  The video or their entire ride was almost 4 min long.  I think the operator was trying to make them puke.

At this stage enough was enough and we skied in dropped of our gear and went to the AfterSki.

A few beers and a few fries were had.

Grace was cold when she wasn’t bouncing on trampolines 

We enjoyed the German house music mixed with ABBA and American country music.

We finally head back to the hotel to grab a quick meal before the night ski show.

Your daily art house B&W 

The ski show was amazing.  Here are a few highlights.

Glowing men with sparklers

Ski jumper 

Big air

Wow

Berta the cow and a bunch of unicorns.  Cue up the German dance music 

The night ski crew.  Our fearless leader Elle is obscured somewhat but she is there to get us home safe.

Our 10 pack was actually a 9 pack Ashley Grace Anseth was sidelined again with an undisclosed illness.  She rested, showered and maybe spent some time in the spa.  We are optimistic she will recover enough to ski on the final day.