As soon as they got his boots on, he started marching up the mountain first. Then they put on his skis and scooted him over to the automated platform that moves him up the mountain, called the "magic carpet." At the top, his teacher told him to put his hands on his knees and keep his skis straight. And voila! Instant skier. He fell down a few times, but by the last "run" he pretty much went down without falling. When we got back to the condo, we watched the footage of his skiing on our video camera, and he just wanted to watch it over and over again. It was really cute!
We also were able to go sledding with the kids while we were there. I have to say -- I have NEVER seen that much snow in my entire life and it was coming down pretty hard while we were there. We decided to go sledding close to the condo, but had to walk up a ways in order to sled down. So we loaded up Evan in his car seat on top of the sled and I carried Aubrey in my arms, and we made Jacob walk. We passed some people on the way up and they shot us dirty looks as we trudged up the mountain with our 2 kids and baby in tow. I think they couldn't believe we were taking our kids up this deep section of snow while it was windy and snowing. But fortunately, they were layered up pretty good and we all had a great time going down on our sled.
We were only there through Sunday morning and made it home just in time for church. We had a blast and can't wait to go up again. Even though it was freezing up there, I am so grateful to be able to be outside with my kids playing. Because of my PRP diagnosis, I really thought 2008 was going to be a miserable year. But I am very blessed and no longer take my good health for granted.
Dallin is up at Heavenly this weekend with his buddies from the single's ward for his annual "boys ski trip." I'm sure they're having a great time!
Getting his last pointers before going down
Watch out Olympic skiers! Here he comes!
Hitching a ride on the magic carpet
The cutest snow bunny
Snuggling with Daddy for bedtime stories
Sledding fun
3 comments:
What? No picture of Evan's car seat on the top of the sled? Just kidding.
thanks for putting up these pictures. jacob looks like he is having a blast! while i must say we aren't missing the snow, we are certainly missing you guys. maybe we'll be able to come up on a 3-day weekend soon!
What a stud man Jacob! What a sweet family...all those ppl with their dirty looks - they are just jealous and probably in awe!
Looks like a wonderful weekend. We WILL get to Reno at some point.
Aubrey looks adorable in the Warmsie;)
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