Moments to Remember: Spring Break in Fairmont

We spent the whole of Spring Break week in Fairmont this year and had a ton of fun! It was so nice to get away from all the snow here in Calgary, and go to a place not too far that was a good 10 degrees warmer, and didn't have snow (except up on the ski hills!).
The kids got so excited about the idea of going on this trip and staying in our own little condo. They absolutely loved it. There were deer walking all around our place, and they didn't seem too phased by us walking right up to them! Scarlett thought that was especially neat! The boys' favorite thing to do seemed to be to whittle pieces of wood with knives and make pencils or roasting sticks with them. Griffin was pretty proud of himself and got a little too comfortable with the knives... I had to take them away when I saw him throwing them and threatening to stab Scarlett if she didn't go away...
We did lots of hiking and exploring right around the resort, and played lots of family games. And of course we did a TON of swimming! Usually a couple times a day. Mostly we swam at the Rec Center, but we did one evening at the big Hot Springs pool - Although the diving boards were shut down, to all our disappointment. Scarlett became absolutely obsessed with swimming though this trip. She would not stop asking to "sim", over and over!! She got pretty confident jumping in the water, even when we let her head go under. And we tried hard to teach her to float in her life jacket by herself, but she always seemed to eventually roll onto her back and get stuck there and kind of freak out a bit. She loved roaming around the pools, switching back and forth like she owned the place though. And the kids loved tackling Lee in the water and having him literally throw them high in the air into the water.
Lee and the kids went skiing one day at Fairmont Ski resort, and they absolutely had a blast. None of the kids had ever been so they all took a beginners lesson and then spent the rest of the day skiing with Lee. They all did really well for their first time! Lee even took them on the chairlift for the last run of the day, and although they all fell down getting off, they loved it and wanted to try it again! I stayed back with Scarlett that day and swam and hung out at the condo. We are hoping maybe next year we can bring her and all of us can ski as a family!
As a family though, we did go snow tubing one day at Panorama ski hill, and that was pretty cool! Scarlett never got sick of it, and just kept saying, "again"! We were lucky enough that they let her ride on our laps on the tubes instead of having to do it herself like the front desk said!! We took a magic carpet ride up the hill, and then slid down one of 3 different slopes. It was a good time.
We also met up with the Selks and the Davidsons a couple times, who were staying 20 min away in Invermere. We swam with them at the hot springs and had dinner and games at their condo one night as well. We had a lot of fun and couldn't stop laughing the whole night!
We are thinking that next year we would like to come back to Fairmont again, but maybe get some friends or family to join us as well!