....Downhill Skiing......

We have done our share of skiing this year. Well, Ivan, Liza and Greg have done our share of skiing this year. Sonja was hard at work so she missed our Mondays with Grandpa. Grandpa Larry would carpool down to Discovery with his fellow sexagenarians and septuagenarians. He graciously helped the kids on and off the lifts when the lifties were not quite paying attention and skied with us to help keep an eye on them as we skied down. Liza was the only one who suffered from the lifties slacking on the job. Once with her mom and dad she did not get loaded on the chair. She ended up waiting for us in the shack at the bottom of the hill eating the guys chocolate bar from his lunch.

Here they are getting geared up for the first downhill skiing day of the year. It was their second time trying downhill skiing if you count the one effort last year.

These photos from last year at Maverick Mountain remind me that Liza liked bonking her helmet against Ivan as much as she liked skiing. This year they both did great! By the end of the season Sonja and I each had a mini-me following in our ski tracks each run.

This year we put them in kinderski for half of the first day. They did not get as much attention as expected but had fun and became comfortable with the magic carpet.

I suspect that Ivan is politely telling the girl in the pink that her goggles are not on correctly.

Steve and Ayla posing.

Greg and Liza...

Snow bunnies.