Well New Year's turned out to be a pretty fun day - fun-ish for me, but definitely fun for the kids and even Ben, I think! We ended up taking the girls' boyfriends to Kendall Mtn. in Silverton for a day of skiing or snowboarding or cross-country skiing for me. Aidan had never done a snow sport in his life and so we thought this would be fun to teach him to snowboard - his choice over skiing. Patton snowboards and so he and Lucy had fun going up and down together.
To make a long story short, Aidan was an incredibly fast-learner and had picked it up 1/2 way down on his first run. Boys! Poor Emmy was a bit bummed because this was maybe her third or fourth time on a board and Aidan had already surpassed her. Being married to Ben, I am well-aware of how Emmy felt, ha! But Emmy still had a great time and loved being there with Aidan. Ben was pretty much on his own, giving tips here and there to both Aidan and Emmy - mostly Emmy haha.
As for me, I would have actually liked to have skied (I mean, Kendall is such a pleasant place to ski), but Lucy now has my snow-boots and I cannot find another pair that will fit my fat stubby calves. Cry, cry, cry. Not because I can't ski, but because I have fat stubby calves. :( So I just cross-country skied on my own, but the trails there weren't really great. And I am pretty sure there were mountain lion tracks and being on my own made it a bit sketchy. But I did it because there wasn't much else for me to do. I mean, I did watch the kids and Ben come and go and that was fun because they were happy.
I made them to promise they wouldn't eat lunch without me, then I headed out with the car keys and so they wouldn't have been able to eat anyways, ha! (I didn't plan that, but it was pretty smooth nonetheless.) So we had lunch together and then everyone was back at it. I did try one run on the ski lift in my XC gear, but it did kind of suck and so I just headed back out on my own.
Anyways, I adore Kendall and Silverton and so it was just a fun day and fun to have friends join us!
