Sunday, February 28, 2010

Rylie and Cole's FIRST skiing adventure!

The kids were fortunate enough to get to try out some downhill skiing today thanks to our friends Jen & Keith (Ella too)!
Jen did a fantastic job instructing the kids and they did VERY well! :)
We really only planned on a few hours, just to get them used to the skis and movements...but after lunch they were very eager to go back out and try out some bigger hills!
Cole did much better on the bigger slopes (he took things more seriously when it came to learning the importance of stopping!)
And, Rylie was fantastic! I'm VERY proud of them! Not only for their skills, but their ability to stick with it and their drive for more and bigger slopes!
We even took a chair lift ride to the top to go down a "real" trail and they did great!
I posted the pics in a jumbled order, so some towards the bottom were actually at the beginning of our day.



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Chair Lift


Rylie and Jen heading to the top!
You can see the track for the Mountain Coaster (we haven't tried that out yet)


View behind Cole and I as we were riding up the chair lift...we were pretty high up!
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Riding the chair lift to the top!!


This little guy was SO EXCITED to ride the chair lift!!
I think he smiled the ENTIRE ride!
It was pretty cute to share in his excitement...and we didn't even fall getting off! :)



Yep...still smiling!!

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going to the top!




Heading down Possum!

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skiing




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Skier Rylie



Going down Possum all by herself!



Go Rylie!
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Getting ready to ski!



Little Miss Ella getting ready for her sled ride!
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Jen prepping the kids for their lessons while Keith took off to do some cross-country skiing with Ella :)


And, down they go!


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Getting the hang of the kid slope


Riding up on the magic carpet!


And, down they go!


Check out Rylie's form...she's going for speed!


ooops....maybe too much speed!
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more fun!



Rylie liked riding up on the magic carpet!
This is on the little kids "slope"


Riding up the magic carpet to our first named hill...the Belly Flop!


Cole going down the Belly Flop!
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Our snowy drive

On Saturday, we enjoyed a little cruise around to check out the snow!

Sang Run road over Piney Mountain is a one laner :)


I don't think I've ever seen so much snow on a log :)


Cole even had his camera out!


Snowy pine across from Grandpa and Grandma's drive.
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