Spring Skiing

Our winter was so busy with speech and debate, soccer and construction that we didn't think it would be possible to go on our yearly ski trip. (It's torturous knowing there is skiing in Pinetop, AZ - which is only a four hour drive.) Well, we finally made it happen. With LOTS of persistence from Payton. (Like I've said before, give her any activity to do outside with her family, and she is ecstatic!)

The weather was absolutely gorgeous...(for me anyway!).  One day the slopes got a little slushy by the afternoon, but it was okay by me. It was worth the 58 degrees temp, and the empty slopes! There were maybe 15 cars in the parking lot...we felt like we owned the mountain.  It was awesome!

                                The hardest part of skiing - putting on the dreaded ski boots!

                                           Payton getting some help from daddy.

After lunch, Payton was complaining that her shin was hurting, she sat down (on the dirty carpet - yuck!) to investigate what was causing the pain. Apparently, there was a hole in her pocket and her cell phone fell through into her boot. So she had been skiing with it in her boot all morning. That will definitely cause pain and a lack of cell service, too!

                                       Landon in action....

                                Payton after she landed....with a smile from ear to ear.

The second day we were there, they offered adults a student price ticket (half off!) if anyone wore a Hawaiian shirt. So yes, we hit Walmart that evening. Aloha!  :)

The first day of skiing, Payton got her boots soaking wet (she fell in a puddle, but that's a long story with no pictures. I didn't witness it, but Max and Landon could hardly tell the story because they were laughing so hard. She sure wasn't laughing! Let's just say....it wasn't pretty!) Anyhow, her boots were still wet the following morning, so my ingenuity had to go to work. We got a couple of plastic bags from Circle K. It worked like a charm. It was the first time she didn't have any trouble putting on her boots. (I think a patent idea is in the making.)  :)

                     It doesn't get any better than skiing with this group on a beautiful spring day!

                                              Thanking my Lord for all His blessings!