This year, we got passes to Sundance--it's about 15 minutes from our house, and just 1 minute from the cabin. We skied a ton this winter! There was so much snow. Last year was our first year skiing, well for the kids and I. I never thought that I would do it, but I realized that it was a great way to be together as a family. I sure didn't want to just sit at the bottom of the mountain and miss out on all of that time with Tiare and Atticus. Some of the best times we have are just talking on the lift ride up.
We went to Alta a lot last year for "ski for free". Going to drive through at Wendy's was our special a pres ski activity! Our passes to Sundance this year made it so that we went at least 2 times per week. Tiare was in the ski school program through her elementary school--Atticus will start next year, though he swears he wants to snow board.
The kids are already pros, and Chris already was a pro. I keep up with them just enough. Now, they only want to go to the back mountain--no more first lift stop only for them! I heard an interview on NPR with the lady who wrote Reviving Ophelia--I can't remember her name. Anyway, she said that research says that adults who characterize their childhood as "happy" most often have happy memories of being out of doors with their families and going on family vacations. So, seems like skiing is a pretty good bet for a family to do. Of course it can be expensive, and is certainly not the only out door thing for families to do, but we do love it!
I have some great videos of the kids skiing, but can't figure out how to upload them to the blog yet--anyone know how?
