New Years Eve and it's freezing!!!  Gorgeous sunny skies but bitterly cold with wind chill. The children don't seem to notice though and still want to go to ski school.  Lucy was put up a group yesterday on the strict instructions that she follow her instructor or they would put her down again!!  When we went to pick her up yesterday and asked if she was back the instructor said..'well, we haven't heard her yet...we tend to know when she's about', it seems as if she's making quite an impression!!  Today, Charlie was put up to Mountain Explorers so clean sweep all round.  Yesterday, we saw a "snow dog"..it's an amazing natural phenomenon that looks like a rainbow that goes straight up into the sky, it's when the sun shines through ice crystals suspended in the air..spectacular and apparently quite rare.
It's 1 in the morning in England so Happy New Year to you all from The Carrs.

It was a beautiful day here yesterday, blue skies and gorgeous powder snow.  Jamie and I went to investigate some off piste that Jamie had done the day before with some friends, fantastic skiing...until he got lost and I ended carrying my skis in 3 feet of snow!!!  Ned's so proud today, he has gone up a group in to High Fliers and Charlie and Lucy only need one more tick each to go up groups too.  Lucy needs to learn to follow her instructor rather than doing her own thing in true Lucy style!!
Day off today, the temperature has plummeted and so we decided to go to Kelowna (our local town an hour away!) to spend the childrens christmas money, more pokemon for the boys and another zuzu pet for Lucy, all very happy children.

Carrs and Kynastons say goodbye

It's just us Carrs on Big White mountain now....Steve, Jane, Joe and Ellie went home at lunchtime today and we're really going to miss them.  Thank you Kynastons for coming all that way to see us, it's been such a pleasure having you here to share our festivities and to watch our children zooming down the mountain after one another and more often than not ending up in a heap at the bottom!!
Have a good trip home and we'll be thinking of you getting ready for ski school tomorrow!!

Christmas Day

Christmas day is nearly over... Santa came at 5am and after breakfast we all went skiing, it's been a beautiful day, the best we've had by far, blue skies and no wind.  Santa was also out on the slopes this morning if you could catch him, we only saw him at the bottom having a well deserved coffee break!  We all managed up the T-bar today (except Lucy) the highest point of the mountain, it's the first time we've been able to see the top so I took a few pics of the view.  Back home for more pressies, the traditional turkey and a dip in the hot tub.  All the children are very tired, the grown-ups too! Happy Christmas everyonexxx

Happy Christmas to one and all from the Carr family in snowy British Columbia!!

It's the Christmas eve village parade tonight, with all the ski instructors joining in a torchlit parade, followed by a big firework display at around 6.45pm
Father Christmas has been seen in the village today, he is obviously more prepared than us! No doubt he is having a bit of fun before he gets busy tonight.
The kids are progressing fantastically in ski school, both boys are tearing the mountain up and Lucy seems to be charming all her instructors, so they are all having a great time.
Joy has had to buy a helmet today after blatting down a run 2 days ago so fast that she got a fit of nervous giggles half way down. I think that she decided it was way to much fun and if she was going to do it again she should at least try and protect herself a bit.
Have a lovely Christmas from BigWhite.

White out at Big White!

It's snowed non stop for 3 days here in Big White which makes skiing conditions a bit dodge!  We've still sent the children up the mountain though, even if we're a bit reluctant ourselves (Jane feels sick when she can't see where she's going, not helped by the ice on the inside of her goggles!)  Kids still skiing beautifully even though Charlie fell off the chair lift today, he dropped his pole just after he got on, then leant forward to pick it up and fell off.  Luckily, he was only 3 feet from the ground and the chair lift was stopped so he could get out of the way and catch the next one.  More video will follow when the skies turn blue again...

Day off from skiing today, went and did a small food shop in Kelowna $438.00!!!! and no beer!
That should keep us going for a while!
Decided to investigate tubing this afternoon, most of the kids enjoyed it, only Ned didn't he said that he couldn't breathe going down hill.
Finishing off decorating the house for Christmas, all the lights are up and the kids are making paper chains.
A quiet night tonight and back on the slopes tomorrow