Winter Sports Fun

With the colder temps, we've been able to get out and enjoy some winter sports.  This past weekend the girls had their first ski lessons at Eaglecrest.  They had so much fun!!!  They spent most of their time on this little area they call "The Beach," where they learned the basics of how to put on their skis, how to stand up, and how to stop.

Here they are on their hot chocolate break during lessons.

When they went back out for the 2nd half of their lesson, the instructors divided them out into smaller groups, and Addy got to go with the more advanced skiers up one of the chairlifts and then down a real hill.

On Sunday, we went skating on the duck pond at Riverside Rotary Park, across the street from our house.  The ice was so smooth.  We skated around the little island several times, and got a big kick out of looking down into the ice and seeing all the sea grass frozen in place below.  We couldn't believe there weren't more people out there.

 Skating off into the sunset.

 (That's our house, well the back of it anyway, the white one on the left side of the picture).

After a while my ankles and feet were telling me they'd had enough so I sat down to take a break.  I don't think the rest of the crew knew I was taking a video of them skating around.  You see Cora pretending to be a skating duck (normally the section where she is skating is full of ducks), Addy showing off her hockey skills, both take big wipeouts but then laugh it off.