lyla’s first day skiing

after having SO much fun the other day, we decided to take lyla up the mountain for her first ski day.  we thought we could just pull her around and let her get used to being on skis…we were wrong.  she protested when i took her to a small slope on the side to practice and wanted to go up the magic carpet…well, she really wanted to go up the lift, but i nixed that.   on the small slope i was showing her how to point her skis together and what to do if she gets going too fast.  “put your tips together and push your heals out, this will help you slow down,” i told her.  to which she said, “i don’t wanna slow down. i wanna go fast!”

eli leading her to the bunny hill

she kept on turning around and giving me this smile…i believe to be the “i'm lovin’ this more than just about anything” smile.  she kept saying “this is really! really! really! fun!”

lyla and daddy…

adam and eli on the lift.  eli is doing such a bang up job.  he’s going down the hill like he actually knows what he’s doing!

him and i on the lift…

us. skiing. together! 

this was lyla’s second time down the hill.  she decided she didn’t need the harness ropes and gave it a shot by herself…she tore it up:)