Snapshots from over the years...
- Skiing over the snowbank into the parking lot until I learned to stop
- Not wearing my good ski jacket skiing to the local hill because it would get ruined from the rope tow
- Singing songs from the chair lift
- New bright orange skis for Christmas
- Blue streaks all over the hill from brand new blue jeans
- Blue long johns caused by previous entry
- Getting off the lift with both poles bent in 90 degree angles
- Standing next to my 16 yr old big brother crying after he broke his leg. His response? "Why are YOU crying..I'm the one who broke my leg!"
- Dad driving us out to Kettlebowl and coming back to pick us up a few hours later
- Mike and I pulling each other behind the snowmobile on skis
- Staying at Wills cottage with the cold air whisking across the frozen lake and straight up the outhouse to our freezing butts perched on the cold opening
- 5 yr old Lindsay crying not from the high chair lift - but because her hands were cold.
- 4 yr old Kari running into the side of the ski patrol building
- Erich & Lindsay learning to ski by making french fries and pizza with their skis
- Lindsay skiing off the trail and into the woods by accident
- The momma bear in me yelling at a high school girl as she ran over little Kari on the slope
- Telling my kids they must always be IN CONTROL
- Erich skiing down with only one speed - FAST!
- Looking in the fluffy Colorado snow for Kari's (?) Lindsay's (?) lost pole with the entire family on the verge of a good mood meltdown
- Being exhausted from getting my kids all bundled and buckled
- The joyous day when the kids could help carry all their own gear
- Always being the last one down the hill so I could stop if one of the kids fell
- The pleasure of discovering Harry and I are very compatible skiers
It's been a great sport. And laughter - it always includes laughter.
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