Skiing, Castles, and Such.

Oh my. I have quite the catching up to do... as usual. Forgive the curtness of these posts. Maybe you are thinking, "Thank you! Finally a non-long winded post!" But don't you worry little flock of followers, those will be back. . . someday.

 We were able to go to Garmisch, Germany with some dear friends, The Williams. We skiied the alps, but let me let you in on a little secret. 

The Alps have nothing on The Rockies. 

I'm not complaining, heck, I saw The ALPS! They are beautiful, but you have GOT to go to Colorado and Utah. Those of you in those states, marvel at the mountainous wonders around you. 

 My saving grace in Prague. Miss Kerry is an angel. Honest.

Daddy and Maleia on the gondola to go up to the top of the mountain. 

It was a tad warm. I shed my waterproof stuff and went back to my roots. Skis. I still love snowboarding, but it was worth it to help out my family learn to ski. I told B, "I don't care if I don't ski or snowboard very much because I can't truly enjoy it until my family enjoys it too."

It's true. My smile was because my girls also love to ski!! 

We also "hiked" to a castle. It was quite the trek, but we made it and even survived the tour. It's amazing how lavishly people live/d. I am grateful for my own little castle and we all decided that we wouldn't have liked to live in a real castle: Too cold, too far away, and not enough toys. Logan only wanted to go where he wasn't supposed to, but we survived. 

The Chapman clan. Look at our tans from skiing! woohoo!

From left to right:
Haley, Ryan, Maleia, Tyler, Dylan, Kelsey, and Logan

Neuschwanstein castle. 

We were able to stay at the Eidelweiss Resort where they have the BEST hot tub and pool this side of the Atlantic. 

I think another highlight of the trip was on the way back from the castle. We stopped at a restaurant where the waiter did magic tricks all night for the kids. Of course it was normal German fan fare food: schnitzel, spaetzel, and sausages.

The kids (and even some of the adults) each got a turn to be the magician's assistant and he even went upstairs to his home and gave us milk for Logan's bottle. 

Fun times!!  

THE ALPS

 Until our next trip...