Tanner’s First Time Skiing

I wanted to start Tanner skiing last year but it never worked out.  So this year I was determined to take him.  I looked into lessons but at SB it was $150!!  That's crazy.  I tried to get him a lesson at CP but they said they were all booked.  So I sucked it up and decided to teach Tanner.  I was really worried how it would work out since sometimes we butt heads really bad.  Luckily I was pleasantly surprised! Tanner was a champ!  He caught on so quickly!  We stayed on the bunny hill for about 5 times.  They had a magic carpet for the lift which was really easy to use.  I asked Tanner if he was ready for the big lift and he said "yes!"  The lift operators were great to slow it down for him.  The first time down the big hill, I had to ski right behind him, holding him up for about half of it.  After that, he handled it on his own.  I was worried about Bridger skiing along so luckily his friend Nick was able to come with us.  They had a great day skiing together.  We met at lunch time at the van and ate our lunches.  After lunch they were really sweet to ski a couple of trails with Tanner and me.  Then they took off and met us at the end of the day.  Tanner would spot them on the ski lift and they were so good to wave to him.  By the end of the day, Tanner had heard a lot of talk about "blue" trails.  He was determined to ski a blue trail.  Sure enough, he did it twice!  He's still working on his turns but he snowplowed down the trail and only fell a couple of times.  He only had one melt down and as soon as he said "I can't do this."  He stoped and said "no stinking thinking."  I smiled and then we headed back down.  He stayed so positive!  He's a natural.  We had such a fun day.  We stayed until it was closing.  Everyone was tired but happy!

The trail in the back ground is the blue trail that Tanner went on.  He wanted to get a picture of it to show everyone.  He cracks me up!   CP was the perfect resort for us to learn on today.

Bridger and Nick are good little skiers.  Bridger talked Nick into skiing down a black for their last run.  Nick was very brave and did it!  It was fun having Nick with us.  He's a great kid!




My favorite times were on the lift with Tanner.  Tanner would snuggle up next to me and talk up a storm.  The first time he got on the big lift, after it took off he started to giggle.  He said that it tickled his tummy.