Posted on 01-31-2005
Filed Under (Family Ties) by Colleen

On the 3rd day, we took the whole family [url=http://www.appskimtn.com]to the ski lodge.[/url]

The kids all took a 2 hour ski class which freed us up to do our own thing. My thing mainly consisted of trying to teach Jim to ski and watching him take spectacular wipeouts. I did great and didn’t fall down once :-) I was really impressed with the kids - most of all Matthew. I really thought he would wuss out after 20 minutes and start whining, but he was still skiing when his class was over and he was SO proud! It was great to see him so excited.

Pictures in the extended entry!

Jim and the kids ready to go out to the slopes:

Jim liked to go very fast and fall hard:

He’s ok!

Me, not falling:

Professional ski bums:

Ready, set, go!

Helping Matthew back up the little “hill” he was using:

Catherine and Mommy slopeside after our day:

My girlies:

After a long day on the slopes, Gracie had to snuggle with a little friend:

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Comments

thebizofknowledge on 2 August, 2006 at 5:57 pm #

I stumbled across your blog while I was doing some online research. As the father of two boys, grown now, I’m amazed your kids were able to do so well in a two hour class, considering how short the average child’s attention span is!