Mitchell gets the wonderful opportunity of going on Scouting trips about once a month. In March he took the Priests on an overnight skiing trip. My girls have been begging their Dad to take them skiing so we decided to get a babysitter for Calvin, thanks Heather and girls, and went to Mt. Hood Ski Bowl for the day.
It was very slow moving at first and Mitchell and I looked at each other and wanted to know what we got ourselves into. The last time that I went skiing was in High School and I was so bad and scared that I took my ski's off and walked down the mountain. Not sure why I thought this day would be any better.
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We went on the Bunny Hill for the first half of the day. Ashley caught on pretty quick and Lindsay took awhile longer but the two of them became pros on the bunny hill by the end of the day. I love this picture of Lindsay. She fell down and lost her ski pole and the only way to reach it was with her other ski pole. :)
Hailey had a great time also. She loved to play in the snow and she tried to ski. Dad was great at helping her out. She also loved going on the rope lift on the bunny hill.
Silly Hailey!
At the end of the day Mitchell decided that the girls were ready for the big hill. They accidentally took a wrong turn and got off at the other half of Ski Bowl so they had to ride the lift again and go down the correct way to get to where I was waiting for them. Their faces were priceless at the bottom of the hill and I should have taken that picture, but I told them to smile instead. Apparently it was pretty scary for them, but they still had fun.
It was such a nice day on the slopes and we had a great time together as a family. We sure missed our Calvin though.
