Spencer did it!  He figured out skiing his first day trying!  I am so pround of him!!!!!

Our friends, Jason and Shelley, invited us up to stay with their family at Iron Blossom Lodge at Snowbird for the night.  I thought it a great opportunity to give Spencer the opportunity to learn how to ski.  I have wanted to get him up  on the slopes for the past two years and we finally made it! 

We woke up to find that it was snowing this morning…which makes it a little harder to teach because you get cold faster, but we had today and had to make the best of it!  The first hour was REALLY frustrating for both of us.  Spencer cried a lot and I had to take a lot of deep breaths, but when we hit the chairlift life got good.  The first few runs down the hill were a little challenging and he HATED the “edgie-wedgie” (bungie cord aprox. 4 in long that link the tips of his skis together), but by the third run Spencer was getting the hang of it.  We took a break and had lunch at the lodge.  We shared a hamburger and hot chocolate and then we got back out on the slopes!  I asked Spencer how many more times he wanted to go down the hill and he said, “Just two and then can we go back and go swimming?”  I said yes, and when we finished the two runs, he said just two more?  We had a great time and the last several runs he did it all by himself without falling down, and he said at the end that he was glad to have the “edgie-wedgie” on his skis.  He was so proud of himself and I have to say I was really proud of him too!