Ski Lessons

It was a cold crisp morning for us today. We all got up and headed out early to the ski run. I was feeling a little better. I was really dehydrated and tired the day before. The excitement was insane!! We were all soo ready. Well...some of us thought we were. When we got there we jumped out of the van and everyone quickly dove into their equipment and boots. Of course, Mom and Dad had to go last because we had to get everyone ready and paperwork turned in. JD and Derek were done quickly. Georgia was overwhelmed by everything she had to wear. She was already layered, and couldn't get comfortable with the scarf, goggles, beanie, and me making sure she had chap stick on...lol. Finally, we were ready....and then realized we needed to go to the bathroom and it would be better to go before the lessons started. So, we started over again...lol. We eventually got it.

In the pictures I included a picture of a very empty parking lot. THIS is why we chose this time to come! Hardly anyone is there! Perfect timing. Our ski instructors were pretty good.

I was nervous to start but I got the hang of it. Aaron was great, for him it was like riding a bicycle. He even did a blue run today, if you know what that is. I don't know yet, I'm not in that club yet...heehee. I'm not very good yet-hey I can do the bunny slopes! Georgia looks like she was born on skis. She was a pro within 30 min!! No fair. She did use poles but they told her she didn't have to. She wanted to use them because Aaron and I were. But as soon the lessons were over she asked if she could goto to the bunny slopes. She took off without us and before we knew it she was already down the slope and on the ski lift to do it again, all by herself. She is fearless. The boys chose snowboarding. Their instructor was pretty good but we later figured he could probably have explained it better to JD. Derek caught on and did pretty good. He even did a few jumps today! He looked so cool! JD took ALOT of time to learn. Our instructor warned us it would take the majority of the day before they really caught on to working the snowboard. But, once they learned they would love it! We coaxed JD and tried to help but he is stubborn... like someone else we know ;) and wanted to do it his own way. Once he got passed the pity party and his determination to quit, he tried one more time with Aaron's help. Aaron told him to just GO. BINGO! He did it and loved it!! We were all cheering him on. We knew he could do it.

Aaron and JD rode a lift up to the top of the mountain and got a couple of breath taking pictures. It's hard to believe what we are seeing and feeling with our hands and feet (and eyes) is real. It's like we are stepping into a painting. God's magnificent painting. He created all of it. We are blessed with the time to play in it.

We all had a blast and can't wait for tomorrow! We took some tumbles and got up again and kept going. When we were done we were exhausted, sore, and HUNGRY. We cleaned up and closed the night with our favorite restraunt in Ruidoso. Farley's.

Thank You God!