Let's Go Skiing!

 So last October I found us a killer deal on used skis so we bought skis for the entire family.  Chase even agreed to try skiing for a season.  On January 2, Chase had his first ski lesson.  Unfortunately Matt had to work. I was debating if we should go because it was 5 degrees when we woke up.  But we bundled up wearing about 4 layers and took on the challenge.  It was the boys last day of their winter break so we took advantage of the last day and went to Sundance.  It was comical because as I was getting the boys all geared up, I realized that I had left my ski pants at home.  With it being so cold, I broke down and bought me the cheapest pants that they had.  Bridger and I went skiing while Chase had his 2.5 hour lesson.  That was all it took because he was up and skiing by the end of the lesson.  He picked up skiing really quickly.  He did great on his turns.  Bridger was so sweet to offer him advice.

My favorite part of the day was eating lunch in the car.  By the afternoon, the temperature was around 12 degrees so it was still freezing.  So we turned on the car while we were eating.  We blasted the heat and turned on the seat warmers.  The boys snuggled in the front seat.  They wanted to listen to "One Direction" while we ate so we jammed out to their new cd.  It was one of those moments that I wanted to capture in time forever.  It was just so simple but full of fun!

The next time we went skiing (Jan 12), we convinced Matt to come.  We used his work's skiing passes so we only had to pay for the boys.  Chase had a soccer practice in the morning so as soon as he was done, we headed up to Sundance for a half a day of skiing.  It was still really cold but at least the temperature made it to 20.  Matt was so impressed with how much the boys have learned.  He couldn't believe what great skiers they are!  It was so fun going together as a family.  

 We decided to celebrate Ground Hogs day by going skiing.  Matt was stuck at work and we didn't have anything going on so I decided to take the boys for a half a day.  The day before a big snow storm had come in so the snow was great!!!!  Half way through the day, we ran into the M boys.  The boys had actually just played with them the night before so it was funny to run into them on the mountain.  We ended up skiing the rest of the day together.  The boys were thrilled to be skiing with their best friends!

One of the boy's favorite trails is "outlaw."  There are fun little things to ski under and around.  Bridger loves to ski through the trees.  This picture is of the boys with their friends.  Cutter is on the left, Chase, Bridger, Breaker then Raeder.  I originally recognized them because of Raeder's bright orange helmet.  He had worn it last night when they went sledding.