Saturday, March 8, 2008

I finally got to ski with my brother

Rog and I went up yesterday evening to my brothers place. They live in Eden and have a beautiful home there. He's been wanting us to come up and go skiing so we finally did it. Jane had to work so she was out of town. We went to dinner Fri. night then came home and watched Phil Collins in concert and talked for several hours. I love hearing his stories of him growing up since I didn't get to be a part of that with him. He tells me some of his memories of our dad and I tell him some of mine. I wish so much time hadn't gone by that we didn't see each other but I hope we can now make up for it. As I was sitting on the lift next to him today I couldn't help but think how happy our dad would be knowing that we have formed a relationship again. He has so many fun stories to tell us. He keeps us quite entertained. I'm so happy that he and Rog get along so well too. My brother Jim made us a delicious breakfast of oatmeal with walnuts and raisins in it. He had bacon and sweet rolls. He's quite the host too. We thoroughly enjoyed his company.
Jane wasn't able to ski with us because she is a flight attendant and had just gotten off work. But she drove up to have lunch with us which I'm so glad she did. We missed having her with us.

Jane, Jim and I are enjoying the beautiful sun that came out. Snowbasin is a beautiful ski resort. It's the first time I'd ever been there.


We took a break and had some lunch in one of the beautiful lodges at Snowbasin Ski Resort.
I am so glad we got to spend the night with Jim and got to finally go skiing. He's an awesome skier. I hope we can do it again some time next winter.



2 comments:

Michelle Pyne said...

Chris, tell us more about your brother. I don't think I have ever seen him at family get-togethers. That is wonderful that you can now spend time together.

Shana said...

I am so glad you found him!! Seriously, what a blessing. He is such a great guy! I am so glad you have such a good relationship now and YES, your dad would be sooo proud and happy!! I am sure he is!! Glad you had a good time!!!