Ski Trip

Last Thursday was the school ski trip!!! Poor Emry couldn't go because of her hurt foot, so she spent the day at school :p Jared took the day off work so he could ski with the boys!!! Leaving home was very foggy, all the way until Pincher Creek, and then the sky was bright and clear, and no wind!!!!!! The hill was pretty bare, mostly only snow on the runs! The boys were so excited, we got them fitted with boots and skis, got their lift tickets and helmets and went out to wait for their lesson!! Both boys ended up in the same lesson so we were able to go watch them both at the same time. Jared helped their instructor for a bit since it was such a big class, but once a rhythm was set he headed up to the top of the mountain to do a little boarding on his own!!!  I stayed out and watched the boys and helped out where needed!! Some of the kids needed help with the tow rope, Armin especially!!! The entire time throughout the lesson Armin would whine and say he wanted to go to the top where dad was, this was his very first time out!!! I kept telling him he had to master the bunny hill before he could move on!! After the lesson was finished Jared took Calum on the little chair and headed up a little higher to see how he did!! Armin and I waited at the bottom much to his dismay!!!! Calum did good, was trying to turn more often down the hill instead of just going straight down!! Once at the bottom Jared decided to take both boys and try Armin on the harness!! As I watched them come down I could see no ropes attached to Armin!! Jared decided to let him go for it!!! He did so good, aside from just going straight down the steeper part, but he would fall when he got going too fast.  Knowing that the boys were being well taken care of and could do it for the most part by themselves I headed into the lodge!!! 

Calum could get on the chair himself and Armin rode with Jared so all was good!!!! About a half hour later Jared came into the lodge by himself!!! He said Armin wanted to try the conveyor belt and loved it so he just kept doing that while Calum rode the green chair. Jared needed a drink so he told Armin he'd be right back.  After about 10 minutes Jared went out to check on him and Armin was no where to be found!! Finally Jared saw him coming down the hill from the green chair....WHAT?? Jared asked him what he was doing and Armin said he wanted to go skiing, then Jared asked who he went up the chair with and Armin pointed at some random person. So I guess Armin has skiing mastered, as mastered as any five year old could!!!!!

The weather was beautiful, I was out in only a sweatshirt!!! There was no wind at Castle Mountain, which is so unusual!!  There were lots of kids from the school there and they all had a blast and there weren't even any injuries!!!!!  I'm happy Jared was able to go with the boys, it made the day so much more special!!!