It pays...to get GOOD grades!

Katie...

did it AGAIN!

She got good grades...and she deserved a reward!

Since Ron and I were planning our ANNUAL

(yes, we've decided to make this an annual event)

SKI TRIP

to beautiful Sunrise Ski Resort

and Katie had just brought home,

a stellar report CARD...
I suggested to RON we bring Katie along!

 

AND of course, RON can't say NO to this GIRL!

They have something special!

So after a quick trip to Sports Authority...

(since we live in ARIZONA and don't really have winter clothes)

we took off for Pinetop/Lakeside, AZ.

I love this quaint little community up in the WHITE mountains of Arizona.

Katie loved snuggling between Ron and I while we watched TV late into the night...

meanwhile, I enjoyed some DANCING...

to which Katie thought I was CRAZY!

But the best part was spending...

yet another day...

doing something I absolutely LOVE...

on an absolutely beautiful day...

with the people I love the MOST! 

 

Katie is such a SWEET, KIND and pretty much PERFECT kid

in every way...

that despite her absolute FEAR of falling... 

she ROCKED it SKIING...

and we can't wait to take her again!

Postscript:  Christopher was able to go snowboarding with friends two weeks prior to us going and I can't wait to get the pictures...which I will post as soon as I get some!  And not to have Rachel feel left out...she leaves for Disneyland with her Color Guard in two weeks!  I've got some BUSY kids...which is why I've become a BUSY momma!