Merry New Year!

We went to Wintergreen, VA for New Year's.  It was a wonderful part of my Christmas present--we had an awesome two-bedroom condo with a great view of the Blue Ridge Mountains for three nights and I was treated to a spa day on New Year's Day.  It was an awesome present and we had a great time.  Wintergreen is a ski resort about 45 minutes southwest of Charlottesville.  It hasn't snowed much yet but they make their own snow so there was snow on the slopes for the boys to play in.  Unfortunately the giant children's snow playground wasn't open yet because of the lack of snow, but we still had plenty of fun.

Playing in the snow--it didn't matter to them that it was man-made.

View of the slopes from our condo one evening.

Playing around in the condo.  The boys love staying in "hotels".   We could really just go to the Holiday Inn and they would think it was the most awesome vacation ever.

We tried out a couple of breweries that are located a short drive from Wintergreen.  This is outside the Wild Wolf Brewery.  We also visited the Devil's Backbone Brewery.  Both had great beer and the Devil's Backbone had awesome food (it was also remarkably kid-friendly so that was  huge bonus).

In the background you will see the building where they have the restaurant for the Wild Wolf Brewery--it is actually the old Nelson County school house dating from the early 20th century.

A great family trip!

Sunrise in the Blue Ridge Mountains.