a night on the slopes

I went out snowboarding for the first time in years. And by years, I'm talking more than a decade. More than a dozen...maybe even borderline 14 years. It was definitely way too long. Bailey has been bugging me for the past year to take her snowboarding as she's wanted to go. I was probably her age when I started skiing, so I can relate. The part I couldn't relate to was that this was my daughter wanting to go. I mean, Sarah & I are very easygoing when letting our kids try what they want, but I conveniently always found a way to get around going.

Not any more.

Jen works at the Peek - so we can get in for some pretty good employee discount action.

But little did we know that we'd be helping out security this day

There's Boo with Brian someone or other's instructor badge. First if you saw her - you'd know she wasn't an instructor. Secondly, she's not a guy. That should have been a dead giveaway. But nobody stopped us the entire nite.

So, we got there and finally hit the slopes - and hit em she did. Though here's one of the more upright pictures you'll see of Boo:



At the end of the night, we managed to get down basic turning and stopping - both very important keys to navigating slopes. Which helps you avoid such things as, oh, I don't know, lift towers. I have a picture of her before she hits a tower. It wasn't too bad - more funny than anything.

At the end, we managed to put in a bunch of hours, helping out the Peek and getting down the basics of snowboarding.



And to quote Boo - "My dad is WAAYYYYY better than I thought he would be!"

:)

On another note - I will be updating this blog now twice a week - come hell or high water.

-m