Paige, Taylor, Mason, Sedonna, Leah, and Lysa. Ty was sick, so he spent the whole day in the lodge.
The last time I actually snowboarded was about 13 years ago when Lance and I first got married, and I went a couple of times and that was about it. I went skiing when I first had Taylor and tore my ACL and after that winter sports just didn't appeal to me anymore!! I decided that since Alyssa was old enough to go now that I needed to buck up and go again.
We headed over to the bunny hill to practice for a little bit and Lance strapped Alyssa into the snowboard and she started bombing it down the hill and she got to the end and crashed. She said she was hungry and wanted to go back to the lodge. Not a good first time experience for her. She told me that she didn't want to snowboard anymore so we put her in her cousins skis and Holly taught her how to ski and she did WONDERFUL! By the end of the day she was going down the hill by herself.
I didn't mind the bunny hill, except for that dang tow rope!! The first time I held on and went up with no problem but the second time it got the better of me!! Seriously that was harder than learning to snowboard. After practicing for a while I told Lance I was ready to hit the hill, but when we got on the lift we kept going and going and I kept seeing harder runs and moguls and I was just praying I wouldn't fall of the lift (I don't think screaming while getting on the lift was very helpful either!) Joel told the lift operator I was coming so they slowed it down a little for me so I wouldn't hurt small children or Lance while getting off. I don't think I did too bad, but the boys had to wait a little for me. I was just so amazed how awesome all of my boys were on the hill! I was even getting a little teary eyed of how proud of them I was!
This kid is AMAZING!! I was sitting in the lodge watching the boys come down the hill and I was feeling a little bad that Mason was always behind Taylor, and then all of the sudden Mason comes bombing it out of the trees doing these two huge jumps and landing them! Here I was thinking that he was a little behind in skill level, but nope he just wanted to take a different way to catch some air!
Taylor is an all-around athlete, good at everything he does, and snowboarding is no exception! Mace and Tay were so cute when we went on a run, they kept giving me pointers and telling me I was doing a good job, even when they had to wait for me. I told them they were better teachers than their dad.
Hanging at the bunny hill. My favorite story of the day is when we first got up to the snow hill. We were all getting our stuff ready to go when Mason realized that he left his coat back in Salmon. We all laughed, really you forgot your coat??? He ended up wearing mine and Lance had an extra jacket that I wore. Mason will never live that one down!
Lance and Joel, Lance snowboards and Joel skis, they went on a lift that took 18 minutes just to get to the top! The mountain had seven inches of powder from the night before so these two had a blast!!
