Bonjour!

So I have been a major slacker, BIG TIME!
We just got back from Quebec, Canada where they speak french. Let's just say the only thing I knew how to say was "Parlez-vous anglais?" Which means "Do you speak English?" and "Merci!" Most of the people we met knew a little English so were able to get around pretty easy. We stayed in a little ski town called Mont Tremblant so luckily for us most people knew both English and French, It's Canada, right? I was shocked at how French everything really was. But I guess that is how Quebec is. I just didn't know it until we were there. I guess I just thought everything would be in both English and French. Most of the time it was only in French so it was a little hard to get used to.

This was a very unexpected trip. We knew we wanted to go skiing and so we did some research. We wanted to go somewhere we had never been before. Kevin found this awesome deal on airfare from Allegiant Air. Keep that airline in mind, they have awesome deals to random smaller airports. We flew out of Sanford which is only 35 minutes from our house. It's one to definitely look up. Our whole family (4 plane tickets) flew for $360 round trip! Isn't that awesome. They have all kinds of deals. They do charge you to pick where you are sitting but they always keep young kids with there parents, so we decided to chance it (just incase you book a flight). It worked out beatifully and I would highly reccomend them. We flew into Plattsburg, New York and drove two hours to Mont Tremblant. The drive wasn't bad at all and Mont Tremblant was amazing!

The first day we put the kids in Ski School for a couple hours. Van went to the Activity center. This is the first time I have ever left any of my kids as an infant to be watched by an "activity center" but it was right next to the tram and I had there phone number so I could check up on him at anytime. It worked out great. Kevin and I were able to have some alone time and despite Kevin's fear of heights and cold weather, we actually had a great time and he actually did awesome! Way to go Kev! My sister-in-law Michelle has always said "There isn't ever bad weather, just bad gear" So we were prepared and weren't cold once. It was great. The kids did great. The resort had a really cool "magic carpet" tram (pictured below) that was easy to get up the mountain for beginners. It was so much easier than a tow rope. I was shocked at how independent they were on the mountain, so the next day we went skiing as a family. We had so much fun. Boston now wants to move to Canada and talks about it all the time.

I do have to mention this. It's one of those "you had to be there" stories but worth telling anyways. When we were at a restaurant (remember everything is in french). At the end of the meal Kevin was acting all smooth and when our waitress picked up his plate to take it away he smiled and said "Gracias" in his suave voice like he was fluent in french. She turned to me like nothing had happened (obviously she didn't know any spanish) and asked me a question but I was laughing to hard to answer because I couldn't believe he had just gotten confused and said thank you in spanish instead of french. It was so funny. But yes, I understand, it probably isn't that funny to you but a memory I will have forever.