Skiing

We were a tad nervous bringing ALL 5 kids skiing this year. We like to go at least once during the year and the older kids look forward to it every year. This was a first time for both Graham and Nate and Makayla has only gone once. With my leg still not 100% I was a little nervous to ski myself. Well, with a slow to start hour or two making them all stick to the bunny hill, I was so happy with how well they did! After that Dan was free to take the older kids up the lift. Nate picked it up after a handful of runs and was able to get himself up and around. At that point he just would go around and around and around. He got so good and fast by the end, we wanted to take him up the big hill, but Dan in skis was way less confident than Dan in a snowboard, so we decided to take him up next time. Graham took some convincing to keep his restrictive skis on. Then he put on his ski backpack and would let you go a few feet in front of him and help him down. Then he let you go a little further in front of him. Then I started to run down the hill behind him. After a few hours, he took the backpack strings off and I started running down in front of him and he would go down alone. There is nothing cuter than tiny skiers!!! I went up the lift and down with Makayla twice before my leg was not happy. I was happy to spend the time at the bunny hill seeing how well the little two were doing and how much they loved it! When I asked Graham if he wanted to do 2 more before we left (after 6 hours) he said, "No! 20 more!!!" Needless to say, they loved it and we were definitely excited to take them again after a successful day. Levi and Zack picked it right up and after a trip or two down with dad, we pretty much just let them go at it. They went up and down probably more than 20 times before we left. It was a great day! Definitely had its moments requiring patience, but so worth it!