This past Saturday we took Wyatt and Sadie skiing. They had been asking to go for awhile and we had told the kids the week before that we could go. I got a babysitter for Blake and everything was lined up, however, we didn't really think about praying for warmer weather and the high on Saturday was 6 degrees. Matt and I were both cautiously optimistic but also willing to accept that this may only last an hour, if that.
Getting the kids' skis on
(we decided to rent for the first time to see if they'd even like it)
Sadie looked so stinkin' cute with her little ski trainer backpack
Thankfully, Matt is a great teacher. Being the oldest of 5 kids, he did his share of teaching his siblings as well as others, so our kids were lucky! i can ski, but not so much teach
On the magic carpet...I thought the kids would love this, but they were more excited about the chair lift, which served as great motivation to master the bunny hill first.
matt and wyatt headed up the lift first
..workin' on it...
Sadie wanted to take a break with Mommy while the boys skied for a bit
The kids did awesome and after only about 30 minutes, we were off the bunny hill for good and on to some real runs. We did one green run and then spent the rest of the day on the blues. So proud of the kids and how well they did!
coming inside for some lunch
Amazingly, the kids didn't complain at all and lasted over 5 hours out in that cold weather!
Looks like a family ski trip will definitely be in our future!
Sadie was exhausted by about 3:30 (we started around 10am) and was also getting cold, so I offered to go inside the chalet with her and watch the boys. Wyatt didn't want to leave, so Matt skied a bit more with him and they did two black runs together. I tried taking pics but it was too hard from inside the windows.
After only 3 minutes in the car, this girl was out! Such a trooper
I didn't end up taking near as many pictures as I did video, so here goes! From the moment we left the hill, Wyatt has been asking when we can go back! YEAH!!!
3 comments:
kris,
these pics are awesome but the video didn't work for me. it said that it was private and i must accept your friend request first ... maybe its just because i am at work!
love,
linds
LOVE the video!!! Precious! Sadie did amazing!!! One question - do you think you and matt could put Ryan and I on trainers and teach us ;)
I am impressed!! Your kids are already better skiiers than I am! I like to try new things and I enjoy sledding, tubing, water skiing, etc. but I am terrified of snow skiing. My poor kids probably don't stand at chance at snow skiing.
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