Yesterday we went on a school ski trip. I chaperoned and tay skied. It was the first time either of us had been up to the snow in about 5 years to ski. Tay goes up to her cousins and sleds with her dad, but not on the slopes. Last time tay took snowboard lessons and tried that out. This time she took a ski lesson. Final outcome: Skiing rocks over snowboarding!
As usual my picture taking skills lack and I took 3 pictures. 1 of tay sleeping and 2 of kids eating lunch. Blah!
We took a bus at 6am from school and headed up to Bear Valley. A 3 hour bus ride took 4 1/2 because our lovely driver could not get the chains on the bus. Although we offered to help, pay for the chain people to help he wanted to do it all by himself. We also had to pull over for an imaginary train (imagine my suprise that a BUS driver is into TRAINS, it's like my dad was driving!) as at least 15 cars, trucks and BUSES passed while we waited at the side of the road and we had to make a short pit stop to let a puker get some fresh air. I have a stomach of steel as I cleaned up his mess!
As was well as soon as we got there. Our lift tickets were waiting for us and the kids jetted off on the runs. I waited with the lesson kids until their lesson started. Then I went inside the lodge to secure a seat for most of them. Just as I was getting comfy and cueing up my movie..the first wave of lunch bunch came in. Kids passed thru the lodge to eat and chill and then head back out. My lesson kids came back excited about their new found skill and quickly ate to head out and fall and fall again. That was their claim to fame..how many times they fell!
At the end of the day we loaded back on the bus and I am happy to report that I had 2 losses only ...a cell phone and a glove. No broken anything, no bleeding. YAHOO!
The kids had so much fun that they were suggesting we do a sleepover next year so they have 2 days to ski! I'm not ready for that yet.
We took a bus at 6am from school and headed up to Bear Valley. A 3 hour bus ride took 4 1/2 because our lovely driver could not get the chains on the bus. Although we offered to help, pay for the chain people to help he wanted to do it all by himself. We also had to pull over for an imaginary train (imagine my suprise that a BUS driver is into TRAINS, it's like my dad was driving!) as at least 15 cars, trucks and BUSES passed while we waited at the side of the road and we had to make a short pit stop to let a puker get some fresh air. I have a stomach of steel as I cleaned up his mess!
As was well as soon as we got there. Our lift tickets were waiting for us and the kids jetted off on the runs. I waited with the lesson kids until their lesson started. Then I went inside the lodge to secure a seat for most of them. Just as I was getting comfy and cueing up my movie..the first wave of lunch bunch came in. Kids passed thru the lodge to eat and chill and then head back out. My lesson kids came back excited about their new found skill and quickly ate to head out and fall and fall again. That was their claim to fame..how many times they fell!
At the end of the day we loaded back on the bus and I am happy to report that I had 2 losses only ...a cell phone and a glove. No broken anything, no bleeding. YAHOO!
The kids had so much fun that they were suggesting we do a sleepover next year so they have 2 days to ski! I'm not ready for that yet.
On the tay sports front.....
Winter Soccer is coming to an end. Rain and sickness have delayed many games. She has 2 weeks left and really can't wait to end. She is ready for a break. Her big complaint is she can't do sleepovers/playdates because she's always too busy. Which is true.
Volleyball is digging along (pun intended). They had their 2nd tournament last week and came in 3rd. Next week she has another and we're hoping for 3rd or better. The girls are leaps and bounds better than when they were with me last fall. Steph H. should be very excited for her 7th grade team next year.
Cheer is coming to an end too. Our last competition is coming up next weekend. This is the one sport tay is very happy to come to an end. She really likes doing it but the commitment is way too much for her. The girls have been working hard on their new routine and we hope for a better finish than last time.
Softball has just started up at school and tay is loving it. She asked me to look for a softball team to play on outside of school but all have started already (thank goodness).
Tay tried out for competitive soccer and did not make the team. I'm pretty sure she was going to decline to play as she had decided after the tryouts that she really didn't want to make the commitment. It would have been nice to say no. Oh well. She'll play house soccer back with her friends in the fall.
BRACES!
Tay finally got her braces on. After years at the ortho all her baby teeth fell out and it was time. After a couple of days of discomfort, she's totally used to them and happy again.
It looks like we'll just wind down march with most of the sports and then spring break we might go look at colleges with tori and her mom. See whats around our area.
Oh and I start coaching boys volleyball this week. AND we will have some games. Pretty cool.
