Skiing!

We surprised the kids by taking them skiing to Christie Mountain! Grace has been wanting to go all winter, but it was quite cold and busy. So, since today was going to be such a nice day, we thought it would be a good time to take them! Our neighbor Patrick and his son Finley came along as well!

This was on the way up! Kids were so excited, the hour drive drove them crazy!!! Ross and I weren't sure how today would go. We have only taken the kids one other time two years ago. We anticipated it being a long process teaching them how to ski. Well, not so much. Grace picked up right away and was impatient about going down the big hills. Charlie took a couple runs down the training hill and was ready to go on the big ones! William however was a little more work. He could go down the hill, but couldn't stop. We ended up putting him in ski lessons so Ross and I could take Grace and Charlie up the lift to the bigger hills! When William was done with lessons, he was more than ready to go up the lift and down a bigger hill. By that time, Grace and Charlie decided they no longer wanted to wait for their slow parents and went up the ski lift by themselves! After the Williams first time down the big hill, he also didn't want to wait for us and went down the hill all by himself with Finley by his side! We spent about 6 hrs skiing and the kids never complained....except when it was time to go!