we are a skiing family

We took the whole family skiing today. It was nice weather and it was fun. Here we are at the top of chair 1 about ready to ski down the mountain. We skied today and everyone graduated to the blues. I am a little dismayed to say that I am now the slowest skier in my family! I will try and gets the guts to ski faster and Ashling is learning to get the control she needs to ski a little slower. Ali is a pro at skiing. She can ski anywhere she wants now and how ever she wants. She is interested in learning how to do jumps and goes over them although she has only caught air once. While riding the chair life up she loves to watch the snow boarders and skiers in the terrain park. We even started cheering for the really good jumpers on our way up. It was fun to ski with her and watch her do a good job.
Ashling skied like a pro today. She went up lift 1 and 3 and skied the blues most of the day. She goes so fast when skiing but we are working on teaching her to turn. A few times she skied behind me and was able to follow in my tracks very nicely. I can't believe how quick she went from not being able to ski to skiing wherever she wants!
This is Cameron skiing with Annika. He did a great job and helped Ashling too. Annika loved skiing although she was not nearly as fond of the chair ride up.
Family picture again...

We ate lunch in the car because it was busy inside...
The view from the chair lift....