Ski School and Skiing Fun

We've had so much fun skiing this year.  Thanks to a series of lessons at ski school, the girls are really picking it up quickly.  They did five afternoon lessons up at Brighton this year and by the last day, they were skiing without any tip clamps, making turns, and they even did a little "race" where each kid in their class skied down the little race course set up by the Brighton ski team.

I tried to get some pictures one day before lessons, but putting on their ski clothes is like giving them espresso shots.  They would not hold still.

This is the morning before their last lesson, the day they did their "race".  It was pretty cute, Josie and Piper went down the course together (they had side-by-side courses set up).  In the middle of her run, Josie fell down and instead of getting up, she just laid there waiting for someone to pick her up.  Piper looked over and saw that she was down, so she stopped in the middle of her run to wait for her sister.  The announcer lady commented on the excellent sportsmanship. :)

As usual, Josh and I have had some really fun days skiing together.  

I've also been lucky enough to have a couple of girls ski days, which has been awesome.  Mindy, Krisha and I enjoyed a beautiful powder day at Snowbasin.  

 Then last weekend, our little group spent the weekend up at Krisha's condo.  We skied a little bit, ate a lot, and talked a lot.  Here's lunch in the lodge at Snowbasin.

 The skiing was crappy that day, but we really didn't care.

 We ended the day with a nice dinner.  Love these friends.

Sledding at Gorgoza Park

Josie and Piper have been asking to go sledding all winter and for some reason we just haven't made it up.  We've done plenty of skiing, but not any sledding.  On President's Day, we decided to go big and go up to Gorgoza Park near Park City for some serious tubing.  It was a blast!  I thought it would be fun for the girls, but not necessarily super fun for us, but it turned out to be awesome!  We spent two hours zooming down the hill.  Also, the unseasonably warm temperatures meant we barely even needed our coats.  So fun, we are going to have to make a tradition out of this.

Christmas Season

We are having a fun Christmas season this year.  Here's a little snapshot of some of the fun things we've been up to.

Early in December, the girls had their dance performance at Bingham High School.  This is literally the only photo that I took.  We were rushing out the door and I didn't take any before, so I thought I'd get some when they were done.  Unfortunately, there was a complete meltdown after the performance and both of them REFUSED to cooperate.  So this is it. :)  They did a great job though and it sure was cute (also, how cute do they look?).

 All ready for school and wearing some of their new birthday clothes.

 We made some gingerbread men one night.  They ate more candy than they put on their guys. :)

 Cold wintery morning looking pretty Christmasy for school.

 Blue boy got all his fur shaved off. :(  He had mats and needed a big trim.  He was really cold in December, so this is how he coped with it.  Poor little puppy ball.

 First snow!

 First time skiing for the girls this winter.  We went up to Solitude and they did awesome.  It was a night and day difference from last year.  They didn't need us to hold them up at all.

Looking pretty cute for a shopping day.