tristans first day skiing!

This was the year! Tristan was finally old enough to venture out on the ski slopes so we decided that for Christmas we would get new ski gear. Neither Jonathan or I had much left from our college skiing days and most of our gear was very outdated. Elijiah having his dad get him a ski pass yearly was up every winter and it was time for us to join him. The coolest thing is that Khory and my mother connected to make custom ski harnesses for kids. When we were teaching Elijiah there wasnt much on the market that worked and thus an idea was born. The harness is great as it allows for the adult to be as close as needed, but also control movement left or right.

The whole time we were preparing to go Tristan was complaining that he didnt want to ski( um he didnt even know what it was) but once we got him all set up and he could see the other kids doing it he was ready to go. That is until we started...he just assumed that it would be cake. He wasnt prepared for keeping his skis straight, or "pizza" toes, or that his legs would hurt etc LOL. We did fall a couple of times, but after several

Tries with the rope tow he was getting it down. Unfortunately he didnt last long. We wanted to make his ski time fun and so when he was done-he was done!! The reward after a "long" day of skiing was hot cocoa, cheetos and a gatorade. During this whole time Elijiah would make runs up the mountain and ski by us...next time we go we are ready to take on the chairlift and mountain.

I am actually really excited- Alta has free skiing after 3 pm and Im sure we will do that this year- no use wasting money when we can ski for an hour or two without cost. It was a beautiful time to be out in nature doing something our whole family can enjoy. FABULOUS!!!