Skiing and Moving

Troy took the older boys on their first ski trip. Funny enough, when we lived near the mountains in Utah, we hardly ever skiied. Now that we live in California, we take trips to go skiing.

Blake and Nash did ski school and loved every minute of it. They advanced levels quicker than we were expecting and loved their instructors.

Blake joked that these were his favorite pictures because he didn't have to look or smile.

Meanwhile, I took my own trip out of state with the little boys. My parents moved to a different house in Arizona and needed all the help they could get packing and moving. I don't know how much help Crew and Finn were; they mostly rearranged rocks since all the toys were packed up, or asked for "finger cookies."

They enjoyed checking out the tiny pond in my parents' new backyard.

They literally spent hours playing with little pebble rocks, but when that got old, I took them down to Fountain Park to run around.

The long weekend was exhausting on all ends and everyone came back home with stories to share.

iPhoneography: Ski School

The day after Christmas, we bundled up and headed to the mountains. Troy's parents live on the backside of the mountain at Deer Valley Resort. We can see one of the ski lifts from their cabin and I'm not sure why we didn't take advantage of being so close to ski country when we lived in Utah. It was partly because I was always pregnant or had a baby, but we still feel like it was a missed opportunity. 

Thankfully, it's not too late for the boys to learn how to ski.

Blake and Nash did awesome in their first day of ski school.

They loved riding up the magic carpet belt to get to the top of the bunny hill. Blake perfected his wedge stop and by the end of the day he was weaving in and out of cones.

In the meantime, Troy and his siblings skied down some gorgeous trails.

He met up with our beginner crowd at the end of the day and the boys raved about everything they learned.

Now we just have to figure out how to get back to the slopes so we can keep up our skills.