Skiing with the Whole Family

TJ was pretty sad he did not get to come skiing with the family. So he pulled at Dad's heart strings and asked to call daddy at work. And when dad picked up the phone He in a sad voice said "daddy I want to go Skiing with you." Well I am hear to tell you Matt has caught the ski bug because Just a month ago he would have said when you are older but he said " OK let's go this weekend" so as a family we went up to Alta free after 3 program and had a great time. TJ was so cute he did a Little on his own but ski boots are heavy for a 3 year old. Connor was able to go down by him self by the end of the day. Shaylee and Braden both say that dad is funner to ski with because he goes into the tree's and takes them in to the puff (Powder). I am glad that we can have fun as a family skiing.
The whole Family In Line to go up the chair lift.
Braden and Connor ready to go down the mountain. TJ first Day Skiing Hot Coco is a must after Skiing Wow what a Great Day. One of my top day's with my family.
a little note: ( In the morning after Skiing TJ was at the bottom of the stairs and saying "I can't go up my legs hurt" I carried him up. It was so funny to watch him with sore muscles.

Skiing

I have always been the one to take the kids skiing I taught Shaylee when she was 6 and took Braden earlier this year. Well Matt decided to come with us because Connor really wanted to come and I could not take 4 people on a triple chair by myself. So last Monday the kids were out of school So we took the older 3 skiing. What a fun time we had. Braden acted like he was an old pro he had only been one time before with me. So I thought we had a little work to do but he got off the chair lift and skied down the hill all by him self turning and very in control. Connor and I were left in the dust of Braden and Shaylee. So Matt stayed up with them being surprised how good they both were. On the chair lift ride up Matt asked "how many times has mom brought you two? Braden Replied "5 times" Matt new that was not true but Braden ment 5 times down the hill. Connor Likes to go fast as long as you are right behind him with your arms holding him.

Braden and Shaylee love to go in to the trees and hit the jumps. It is so fun to watch them get air. You can see the excitement when they tell you all about it. We also took Connor in the trees and through the jumps he thought that was aw sum with dad right behind him. Hear are some pitchers of Connor First day Skiing.

Braden can clean

Braden is on of the sweetest boys he is kind to everyone, he is always willing to let others play with him he will share his things with his brothers even when he knows the risk that they might break them. But one thing you may not know about him is that he is lazy he will try to get out of doing jobs homework "things that are hard" as he says. We have started a new system of jobs every one of the kids rotate doing different jobs each week. They all were excited about this if they all get their jobs done we will do fun activities. Well Matt saw Braden cleaning the bathroom with out a fuss and took a photo. Now we know he can do it. So the "it is to hard" thing won't work anymore.

BYU basketball game

What a fun event we took all the boys with some of their cousins to a BYU game. We sat almost at the very top. Matt and I Had some Air heads to share with the boys but they were gone about half way through the 1st half. Matt got popcorn to get them through the 2nd. It was fun to see the boy cheering for the cougars. Connor and his cousin McKay were climbing over chairs going from row to row but had a great time. We meet Grandma and Grandpa after the game the boys were happy to see them. And to end the night off we got hamburger and played video games at Fuddruckers.