Good timesAlexis, Mason, and myself decided it was time to splurge and pay the $7 lift ticket to go snowboarding. This is Lex and Mason’s first time at a ski resort, and my second time on a snow board. We had a great time, we invited Paul to come along since he knows what he is doing, and because he always makes any activity funner.
I will admit after the painfully slow and painful first run down with Lex, I was thinking this is going to be a long day. It was her first time on a board going down hill. We learned after about 20 falls that if we held hands and I went down backwards we could do pretty well. She caught right on after that, and progressively improved. Within a few more runs down she was excited to report she made it all the way down without even crashing once. I think it helped when she saw her friend Tanner there, had to play it cool with him around. 🙂
Mason, we he is just crazy. He took off with Paul and his strategy was full speed then bail. Worked pretty good for him but after awhile he started to expand his expertise and would do the “wishbone” and “carving”. He looked like a natural. He even caught some good air, he learned how to land from me though, as you can see in the pictures.
All in all we had a great day made some great memories, and now Lex and Mason can’t stop talking about going again.
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 Quad seating on the lift, pretty cool |
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 Bunny hop man |
 “Here she is Miss America” |
 Paul is a pro |
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 Go Mason! |
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 This little 3 year old girl looked so cute sleeping on the hill, she was just tired right out. |
 Paul in the Terrain Park |
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 Now you see me… |
 Now You don’t |
 The last run of the day… |
 Face plant, notice the right wrist…snap |
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Comments:
Paul said…
Thanks for the invite! It was fun except for the little scare on the jump.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:50:41 PM
Dad said…
Looks like fun, but you know the way I feel about paying lift tickets, no matter how small. There is an old song that says, “How you goin’ to keep ’em down on the farm, after they’ve seen Paris. I think I would rather play on an untouched hillside on snowshoes or back-country skiis, but that’s just your stubborn old dad.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:34:17 AM
Magan said…
Funny that quote from your dad is my dads all time favorite line. I have heard that so so many times in my life. Where do you find $7 lift tickets. There $50 in our neck of the woods.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:27:02 PM
Michelle said…
looks like a great time! Bummer about the wrist. The kids look like little pros.
Monday, March 16, 2009 8:39:20 AM
Anne said…
Oh…SO FUN! Sorry about the wrist, OUCH! Sometimes you got to not listen to your crazy brothers maybe?!? Even though Paul is pretty cool! Glad you had fun!
Monday, March 16, 2009 12:19:41 PM