There are so many great things about being home for the holidays. I especially enjoy skiing with the local junior kids and my past coaches, and past Olympians, Leslie Hall and Laura McCabe. It’s so much fun to see kids skiing and having fun just like when I was a junior.
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| Skiing with the Methow Valley Jr. Team |
Another fun tradition is watching the fireworks our neighbors light off every year. The show lasts about 10 minutes and we have a great view from the front yard.
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| The Gregg house back lit by fireworks |
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a few Christmas cookies. Every year we have a ton of fun spending an evening decorating cookies with our friend Ardis.
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| Decorating Christmas Cookies |
And of course the skiing in the Methow is always incredible with over 200km of trails and daily grooming it’s hard not to have fun.
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| Fast skiing and blue sky in the Methow |
