Fun and the Sun.

Last Saturday I took Emily to both of her soccer games in a small rural town called Linden, which is about an hour north of us. She tied with Oakdale and lost to Calaveras. It was such a beautiful day and it was a fun drive for the two of us. Emily took pictures of the big white puffy clouds in the car all the way home. Tony's father celebrated his 80th birthday last week and some of his relatives from the L.A. area came to visit so he stayed behind with S W and little E to spend the day with them.

Sunday we piled into the car early and made it up to Dodge Ridge by 8:45 for a full day of skiing. It was another unbelievably beautiful day, perfect skiing weather. The roads were clear all the way there [lucky for us since we forgot the chains] and it was a super sunny and warm 35° day. Tony, Emily, Sarah and Wyatt skied while me and Eva played in the snow and colored red hearts in the lodge.



I could have put Eva in ski school and I could have skied myself. She is four, pretty well coordinated, and good tempered. I know she would love it. It didn't dawn on me until later in the morning so I'm thinking next time for sure.

Here's Sarah, cheerfully heading into the lift line.



Emily on the lift with her friend Alex.



The kids are pretty awesome on their ski's already. Wyatt is maybe a little too fearless so I am going to work on that, somehow. For those of you who know him, you know what a challenge this is for me! After 7 hours on the slopes [yep, I said 7] Wyatt did finally take a pretty good fall, losing his ski's and scratching up his chin, and decided it was time to call it a day just as the lifts were closing anyway. This was him on the lift right before he fell and first time without a partner on the lift. Listen to him, he's such a confident fella.


Wyatt and Sarah are so competitive as you can imagine, this is a funny video that gives you an idea. Wyatt comes down, then Sarah flies by him saying "I beat you Wyatt!" To that he says, "no I won you already!" Then he passes her in the lift line and falls down in front of her. That's Tony in the blue jacket coming in behind them.


So, hopefully we can ski again soon. This time it was a family event with the Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts so it was a little more affordable going up with the large group.

It has been a blessing to see the sun for so many days in a row now. It's totally helped my mood! Thank you February, you are too kind.