One PROUD MAMMA

Well, yesterday was the BIG day.  The boys went skiing for the firs time!!!  And I am sooo proud of them.  They did GREAT!!  Drake really got the hang of it, by the end of the day he was able to stop and turn.  He could follow my Dad all the way down.  Gavin did well too, for his age, and you know Gavin always in his own world.

That morning the first thing Gavin said when he woke up was "Okay let's go skiing, let's go buh bye and ski with buka and bunca"  (Those are his nicknames for my parents).  When we got up there Drake was so excited to go ski on the snow, he said: "Mommy, I am going to go ski on the snow, and I am going to go fast!"  He he is totally my son.  And, there favorite thing to do was to go ski in the trees.  They saw some little kids go and they told my dad and brother that they wanted to ski in the trees too, so they took them to ski in the trees.  One more sign that it is in their blood, and that there is definitely Jones blood in them.  

It was the perfect day to take them, the weather was GREAT!  I was able to get in a couple of runs on my own, and almost DIED!  My legs were on fire, I am so out of shape anyway, and then to add the fact that I haven't skied in forever!!!  My brother talked me into going on my last run, and yeah I knew I shouldn't and I was right I totally fell, just came right out of my ski.  I unfortunately can not blame it on anything but poor skiing on my part.  It had been way too long and I was out of practice.  Don't worry only my ego was hurt, and I was totally annoyed I had to hike up to get my ski that I came out of.  I am so lucky to have such a great family, and I hope my boys end up loving skiing as much as I and my family do.

P.S. Drake felt that everytime he stopped he needed to eat some snow.  I honestly think that is why he learned to stop was just becasue he wanted to eat some snow.