Skiing

January 23rd we went skiing as a family for the first time EVER! Trish, Clay and Tyler came with us! I haven't been skiing since I've been married, which means 16 years! I was a little nervous for myself, but I should have been more nervous for the boys! What an experience. It all started with putting on those %$#!! boots. We must have sat in the parking lot for 45 minutes trying to get our boots on. We ended up laughing so hard that then we really couldn't do anything! Then trying to teach the boys how to put the skis over their shoulder, hold their poles and walk in those boots, it was hilarious! So as you can see, we were really off to a great start... then it started snowing. Not just any snowfall, but worst blizzard ever, snowfall. The flakes weren't falling down, they were falling sideways into our faces..lovely!! So off the boys went to ski school. Trish and I looked on (because we're experts, you know). Anyway, I started to wonder if this was the best idea, I think the instructor was starting to wonder this himself. But, after many falls, tears, frustration, and a few laughs, it seemed to be coming together. We only had 15 minutes left with the instructor of our 2 hour session so we decided to head up the ski lift and test our skills. The instructor took Stratton, I went with Andrew, and well Troy and Haden were together. Troy totally biffed it getting off the lift lol... I'm sorry, but it was hilarious! Andrew was wild man with no way to stop but by falling, and not gracefully. Troy could go one direction, but couldn't turn, Stratton was holding on to the instructor for dear life, and Haden biffed it so bad, both of his skis came off and he was covered in snow from head to toe! Well, as for me, it was a rush! I have never had so much fun skiing, or I had just forgotten how fun skiing is! After this venture down the mountain we decided the boys needed more practice on the bunny hill while Trish and I did a few more runs. All in all it was a great day, the boys say that they will go back, but they're definitely not begging to go. I am so proud of Troy to put on skis for the first time at 37 years old, I think he did great! Hopefully we'll make it back up before the season is over! And hopefully the weather will cooperate next time and hopefully this can become a great family tradition!