Nendaz

After a day at home we repacked, loaded up the skis, and were off to see some friends in Nendaz.  It is just over an hour from Lausanne and was a beautiful drive with all the snow on the peaks of the mountains.  We made it there just in time to grab some lunch and head for the slopes.

Sydney, Hailey, Macy, and Peyton

Below is a picture of the smaller slopes, but you had to go down a pretty good sized one to get to the smaller ones.  It took us all, except Randy, a little while to get up the nerve to head down there since we haven't really skied before.  We finally made it down and I took two short runs before Aaron had had enough skiing with dad.  

Beginner slopes where I hung out!

Picture looking down into the valley.

Aaron's favorite part of the day!  No skis and playing in the snow.

Hailey playing in the snow while the older kids skied down to the village.

A beautiful sunset to finish off a great day on the slopes.

We spent one night and then we needed to get home so we could get  the house picked up and ready from my Aunt Bette to visit for 10 days starting on Wednesday, January 4th.

I forgot to mention a couple things on our trip to Rome...  It was interesting that both Randy and I were ready to get back to the comforts of home.  Even though we are still learning French and trying to get things figured out, we have made a lot of progress since first arriving and it was so nice to get home where we are familiar with things and have figured out most things.

The Friday before we left for Rome Randy informed me that he did not have his passport since it was at the Embassy for his trip to India.  He was told it shouldn't be an issue since Italy and Switzerland are both part of the EU.  Well, that wasn't the case and passport control did check everyone when we crossed the border to Switzerland.  He had his permit B and copies of his passport, and fortunately he was allowed to enter after a short lecture on having your passport with you at all times since copies and permit B doesn't really cut it.  I couldn't believe he didn't have it, I would have been freaking out if I didn't have mine!!