Up North for MLK Weekend

For the first time in years, I had MLK day off of work (no professional development).  We took advantage of the long weekend and minimal sports and decided to go up north to Scott's parents' lake house.  We left Friday after work and ate Jimmy Johns in the car and got up there by 7:30pm.  We caught up with Scott's parents and played Euchre for a while before going to bed.  The plan was to ski in the morning and be out the door by 8am.

We decided to ski at Otsego Resort again this year.  It's about an hour and 15 minutes from Gladwin and we loved it last year!  We got there by 9:30am, rented Sean equipment and got on the slopes.  Evan is snowboarding this year and it took him some time to get the hang out of getting down some of the hills and by late morning, he was doing well!

We took a lunch break around 11:30am and got lucky with both finding a table and having a short line for food.  That place really gets crowded!  The kids loved the french fries and chicken strips!  And then we went back out for a several hours before calling it a wrap.  By the end of the day, Evan was cruising on his snowboard and I think Scott and Sean both liked being on mostly greens all day!

We met up with Scott's parents in Gladwin at the Merry-Hearted Cidery for a flight and then they picked up carry-out to bring home for dinner.  We played a few early hands of Euchre before the Lions game.  Sadly, they lost and it was pretty devastating to watch.  Everyone went to bed around midnight and looked forward to sleeping in on Sunday.

Sunday morning we were lazy until about 11am when we decided to bundle up and go sledding.  The temperature had dropped quite a bit so we knew we would only last about an hour sledding.  

We had lunch back the house, watched some football, read, and played games. We decided to go to the indoor pool.  The kids practically had the pool to themselves, although Evan decided not to swim.  We grabbed dinner at The Hearth and came back home to relax.  Pops wasn't feeling well that evening so he went to bed early and it was a quiet night.  The next morning we had breakfast and packed up to head home.  We enjoyed our weekend away!