Skiing in Niseko Japan

 You never know where you might end up!  A conversation at a wedding the week before ended up with, "You should come stay with us in Japan."  So we did!  How lucky are we to have friends who recently finished a gorgeous ski house in Japan?  Very lucky, indeed.

We left very early in the morning

We were on the same flight as our friends.  In total we had 18 pieces of luggage, 4 adults and 6 children.

First snow of the trip

It was 2 hours from the airport to the house.  Kids hopped into the hot tub right away and stayed there for nearly 2 hours!

Crazy hot tub kids!

Prepped for a morning of skiing

Our first morning we had so much snow to play with!

 On the shuttle heading to the mountain

 Ella's instructor Dermot






I get to ski, too!  The first glide down the hill took me a while to work up the courage.  But muscle memory is a wonderful thing! I can ski!!!

Skiing Day 2 and Suds shows up

 Playing in snow waiting for the ski shuttle

Naps going home.  These are long hard days for the kids :)

View from the kitchen to night skiing on Hirafu

The "magic carpet" that brings you up the little hill for the littlest ski schools and the sledders.

Skiing on day 3
Ella skiing down to her instructor
 



Julia skiing down the hill




Ella skiing down Silver Dream run on Hanazono

Singing a little ditty before bed......

Halloween

 The first house to trick or treat at!

 Free candy!!!

 Ella's eyes looked so eerily light-coloured in the middle of the make-up

 Marty McFly from Back to the Future

 Handing out candy back at our place.  We handed out over 1100 pieces of candy in under 2 hours.  Wow!

 And then all of a sudden I saw Slimer from Ghostbusters walking down the street.  I gave him a shout out and over he came for a hug.  Highlight of the night:)

 My glittery gold and green eye shadow. 
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