Little Locals Ski Club

Kye started the "Little Locals Ski Club" last week, sort of. We goofed and showed up at the wrong ski area. When we didn't see anyone, we hung out for awhile, thinking we'd see them come down the hill any minute. Kye 'skied' a bit at the base of Alpental.

Eventually, we realized our error and made our way over to Central ski area to find the other kiddos. Here, Kye enjoys the steeps of the magic carpet hill.

Swish-Swish-Swish

By now, we are accustomed to having walls of snow around our house and plenty of skiing days already. But our ski hill is covered in shrubs and rocks and creeks still, not enough snow for skiing.

We both had time off for the holidays and, while we would have preferred to have spent the time skiing, we got out for some hikes up the ski hill instead.

A couple days after this evening hike, we were blessed to receive a few inches of snow. We got out for a couple ski runs up Hyak that weekend. It was sunny and gorgeous on Sunday, so I loaded Kye up in the pack for a little walk. I wasn't planning on him taking a nap, but he zonked out within a few minutes.

(drool)

Before Kye, I shared a million moments of outdoor adventure with Brandon. Now, I get to experience it all with this little guy. There's something pretty amazing about hiking along in the twilight, with Kye pointing to the moon and trying his new word (which sounds a bit more like 'mom'). And on the day pictured above, he woke up for the ski down and made the sound effect for skiing (swish-swish-swish). It was horrible skiing but he didn't care. It was fun and exciting to him. 

Brandon and I get to enjoy all the same activities we did before, but with a renewed sense of adventure, watching this little guy discover the world around him. Thanks God.

Wild New Year's Eve

We've never been much for the revelry of New Year's Eve, and we are even more apt to fall asleep before the fireworks now that we have a kiddo. We always have a good time, though; we just tend to be done with our fun long before midnight.

This year, we headed to Suncadia for a little 'ice skating' on the rink there with the Finnigan's and Grandpa Don. The rink was super crowded with folks of all ages and abilities, going whichever direction, and whipping their walkers around as they went. It was terrifying but we managed to skate without injury.

 Callum, Jamie, and Hillary

We planned to enjoy pizza at Village Pizza afterwards, but alas, they are closed on Tuesdays. We ended up at the Brick, all of us feeling the indigestion of their burgers and fries for days. Oh well, it was a fun outing with great folks. A nice way to start 2014!