Skiing Again!

We went up to Wenatchee on Thursday evening to begin our long weekend and stayed with the Pobst grandparents. They fed us well, read us stories, and sent us up the mountain Friday morning.

The Allstot grandparents met us for the ski outing. This was the second experience for the kids, as they did this once last year. My back was out of whack so I wasn't much help, but there were 3 other capable adults.

As was the case last year, Shan and Mitch had very different experiences. Shannon started enthusiastically enough, with Grama helping her to walk "heavy" in her skis.

The sun came out and the rain stayed away for the morning. 

Soon, however, Shannon was done. We spent lots of time in the truck and after lunch, she agreed to try again with a new attitude.

Here she is, the limp noodle. Mom was worn out by day's end from packing this child around!

However, she did have a good time and left feeling happy about skiing.

Mitch picked up where he left off last year - very focused. We told him he needed to learn to stop before he could go on the chair.

 With that goal in mind, he went up and down the rope tow and became more capable and controlled.

At last he could make pizza wedges and slow to a stop regularly, so it was time for the day's finale - chair 1!

The heavens opened up and the rain came down, but Mitch hung in there (so did Bryan!). They made it the whole way down the hill. Definitely not ready for it yet, but he was happy to have met his day's goal. Mission (Ridge) accomplished! We returned to the Pobsts' to dry our clothes, and then headed up to the Enzian.