Saturday, December 28, 2013

Skiing


We love to ski. I love that the entire family (well, almost the entire family) loves to go skiing. It's Brigham's first year and he picked it up just as fast as Gavin, by only the second time down the hill. Not second time going to the mountain, his second time down the hill. The next time we went skiing, Brigham and I raced down the slope... and he won. He's too fast though. He needs to learn control a little bit more. He loves it and has lots of fun though.




Will is phenomenal . He tries new tricks, watches YouTube videos and practices as often as he can. Will skis backwards and then can do a 180 and face forward, going the same speed. He now does jumps and turns while he jumps off 20+ foot ramps. He shows me the videos afterwards. Yowza!! He recently skied on a half pipe.






Tyler is the only snow boarder in the family. He loves it. He is getting much better than last year too. Here he is boarding down the hill and catching a small jump. He landed it perfectly.  He also can board right foot in front, move the board parallel and then left foot in front. Pretty cool. The picture above look closely, he has his tongue sticking out as he concentrates. So funny!













Here's Gavin. Look closely, he's skiing BACKWARDS! Hmm, I wonder where he got that idea from! He copies everything Will does, except for those super high jumps. They are too high. And he's too young!  Will and Gavin have ski passes for Park City Mountain Resort where they go often, especially during Christmas break. But, when the family goes we head up to Alta or Snowbird together.



The snow is so beautiful I am so thankful we moved to Utah... the Greatest Snow on Earth. It's so fun skiing, sledding and playing in the snow. All the kids feel the same way. We love it here!


Sunday, January 29, 2012

Alta



Jackson and I took advantage of ski free after 3 at Alta on Friday. It was pretty busy, but man was it beautiful! I am so surprised how much I have been enjoying skiing! It's so beautiful out there and so much fun, especially when I can go with some of my boys! It was so beautiful out there, it had just dumped several feet. Breathtaking!


Saturday, January 28, 2012

Gavin's first time!




Gavin has been begging me to take him skiing, so last Monday we went for the first time and he loved it! We borrowed his equipment from some good friends and we headed to Alta ski free after 3pm. Gavin stood between my legs and we skied down together. It was a lot of fun!

Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Canyons

 We went skiing again on Wednesday, and it was fantastic! It was 50 degrees and so beautiful at the Canyons resort! Unfortunately there isn't much snow, half the runs are closed due to so little snowfall. But that ok for me because I only ski on greens and a selected few blues!



We were there all day and had a blast together! Will and Jackson have both been there before and they showed me around. Our last run run Will and I went down a blue hill and it was a little scary at first, but then it became my favorite hill! It was a blast! Will kept yelling to me "Pizza mom, pizza!!" So cute!!
I am really surprised how much I am enjoying skiing. It is so much FUN! I can't wait for the boys to get a little older and we can all go skiing together. It's an expensive activity, but worth it!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Skiing with Tyler

 A couple weekends ago I took Tyler skiing for the FIRST TIME!! He struggled a ton going down the the bunny run. It took him about 35 minutes to go down the first time. But the next time it only took him about 10 minutes. Tyler got better and better each time!
 Will came with us and snow boarder, he's getting pretty good!
 The brothers taking the lift up together!

It was a lot of fun, but it was about 20 degrees...very cold. We didn't bring anything to protect our faces! Man were we getting cold! We stayed for about 4 hours and then stopped off at 7-11 for some hot chocolate!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Skiing!!

 Last Wednesday Jackson and I went skiing at Snowbird. It was so much fun! We bought a bunch of gear last season when it was all on clearance! We bought Jackson a 5th grade ski pass for $20.00 which allows him to ski 4x at each resort in Utah! Great deal! There was a Groupon to rent all our equipment for 50% off the entire season!! Skiing and snowboarding are an expensive sport!

 Jackson did great! He kept beating me down the hill and would ride the lift alone to try and beat me again! I haven't gone skiing since 9th grade! It has been too long. I am so glad I finally went again. I LOVED it! It was so fun!
 You like my PINK goggles, and headband? Scott picked that out for me...perfect!

Will came a little later and boarded the rest of the day with us. He was very frustrated at first then got the hand of it. He's loves it now too!