A Great Day for Skiing

Even though we have yet to see cold or snow this winter here in Spokane - we took off Saturday to Mt. Spokane for a day of skiing. It was a perfect day for it! Sunshine and not too cold! It was so good to see snow!

Megan and Melissa skied with us. Andrew took off to the snowboard terrain park and Katie stayed home. Her knee injury from soccer is still keeping her from going all out - and to be honest, she doesn't love skiing.

We took turns riding with one another on lifts.

I borrowed Katie's bright pants. "Stylin' Mom" But Dad's pants are brighter! It was actually a great thing because I could pick him out on the mountain so easy! We never got separated!

We met up with Jenny and Jayna with the Ward family at lunch so we skiied with them the rest of the day.

Dave Ward used to be our home teacher. He is a great skiier - so nice and patient with the girls. His two daughters Brianna and Cassidy are Megan and Katie's age.

Andrew tagged along with us after lunch too.

But not for long - he was gone...

Actually we shared a chair lift ride...

We took a chair lift ride to the top of the mountain and then hiked up to the Vista house - a little stone cabin on the top. We enjoyed hot chocolate and a warm fire....

Outside the cabin are some big rocks on a steep cliff side. The kids were jumping off into the snow. Andrew put on his snow board and did a front flip off the rocks and landed it on the face of the slope below and boarded off. It was very cool!

I caught a pic of him upside down - all you can see is lots of powder...

Another kids there actually took a video with his phone and was supposed to email it to me. I hope he remembers to do it.

Notice the girls are making a star with their skis. Shortly after this, Megan skiied in the powder through the trees. She was having fun until she ran into one....

It was a great day for skiing. My legs are feeling it today. Lots of Advil.....