Let's Hit the Slopes!

Rob surprised me by taking me skiing for my first time today. We headed up to Sundance around 8:30 a.m. After practicing on the rope tow/bunny hill twice I was ready to hit the slopes. Or so I thought! We headed up the first lift despite my fear of being "that girl" that falls getting off the lift. To my surprise it was way easier getting off than I thought. Phew!

We practiced on a few easy blues (more difficult) and greens (easiest). Then we hit the lift again and this time went all the way up to Bearclaw's Cabin. There, Rob and I shared a bowl of chili and each got a hot chocolate.


Check out that blue sky! It was such a beautiful day, and so warm. Perfect for my first try at skiing, seeing as I hate being cold. After the most delicious hot chocolate ever, we headed down Bearclaw slope. Which was really steep for me. I think it took us about 30 minutes to get down. After which my thighs were burning from forming my "pizza slice" or snow plowing all the way down.

I spent a bit of time like this.

But towards the end of the day was feeling a bit more comfortable turing and stopping. After I pooped out and headed back to the car, Rob spent another 2 hours on the slopes by himself. I was just not ready to try a black diamond yet!

All in all it was a fun day, and I definitely want to go again!

Sledding Shenanigans

After one of the big snow storms we decided to take the girls sledding. It was quite the feat getting both girls bundled up in snow gear. We realized that we have no mittens or gloves that fit them. We also didn't have a sled. So Kate and Rob went off in search of the perfect sled. As soon as they returned we headed to the hill.

Kate was so excited.

Andie wasn't so sure.

So we put her to work pushing us instead. (Just kidding...kind of.)

Kate thought it was "awesome!" (Did you catch it?)

She even got pretty daring (who, Kate?) after seeing Daddy ride the sled down the hill standing up. This was her version.

All in all it was a good day. We headed home for some hot chocolate and yummy soup for lunch. We basically had to drag Kate away from the hill. She would have stayed for another hour or two if we had let her.

Who would've guessed she's a die hard?!?!?

Long Time No Blog...Why I haven't had time to blog lately

Right before my last post, Kate had just celebrated her 4th birthday. Here are some pictures from her party.

Pre-birthday fit.


Just before her infamous fit.

Apparently she's a fan of the "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to," idea.
She was crying because she didn't want me to take her picture.

As soon as her friends arrived, and dancing ensued, all was well with the Birthday Girl.

We read "A Bad Case of Stripes," opened presents, and had cake and ice cream. To see her "Bad Case of Stripes" cake, see my last post Kate's Birthday Cake.

Since then, we've enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, the first snow, and all that goes along with the first snow of the year.

Rob helped Kate build her first ever snowman. She was thrilled!

The look of pure joy. Can you tell she's proud of her work?!?

She loved making snow angels.

And Rob hung the Christmas lights, while I set up the Christmas tree (pictures to come later).

Oh, and Rob has a Pterygium (ter-ih-gee-um) growing on his eye. He went to the doctor yesterday, and the Dr. gave us the scoop. Apparently it is caused by UV exposure, low humidity, and dust. Doc says they don't go away. Usually they just let them grow until they are a nuisance or interfere with sight, then they are surgically removed, and then they can grow back. Great!