Well, my love Fred is taking me, his 16 yr old son Nick, and cousin Bruno snow skiing to Steamboat, CO, tomorrow for a whole week. Nick is going to hone in on his snowboarding expertise. Bruno has been practicing for months in the French Alps. And Fred, well Fred has been on snow skies since he was a wee tot.
Me... well that's another story. As most of you know, I am born and raised Houstonian. I did spend a frigid four years in the great white tundra of South Bend, but rushed back home to Texas to thaw out at every chance. My parents are not skiers; my mom tells the story of her two attempts at the sport in which she failed miserably and even had the lift operators exasperated with her. Hence we did not take any family ski vacations growing up.
And so, I will make my first snow skiing attempt starting on Monday. Please pray that I don't injure myself too permanently, or even semi-permanently. And yes, I do water ski, and I'm pretty good at it too, but it's been a solid 10 years since I've done that so I can't even claim recent similar experience.
It's taken a few weeks for Freddy to see the true fear in my face and now he's realizing the "handful" that I warned him I just might be, so pray for him too!
On a more positive note, the kids are going with their dad and big cousin Reece to DisneyWorld for the better part of a week. I know they'll have a blast - it's still a surprise to them so it will be fun to hear about their adventures when they get home.
On second thought, maybe Mike and Reece need your prayers too...
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THINK BUNNY SLOPE! SKI LIFTS ARE BEAUTIFUL IN THE MOVIES. IF YOU MANAGE THE RIDE UP _ THE HARDEST PART IS THE RIDE DOWN - COLORS LIKE BLUE OR BLACK SHOULD NOT BE ON YOUR AGENDA. I RODE A LOT IN THE SQUATTING POSITION -VERY ATTRACTIVE!!!!! JUST TRIED TO AVOID THE 3 YEAR OLDS WHIZZING BY ME LIKE PROS.
ReplyDeleteLIKE YOU I WAS WONDERFUL BACK THEN AT WATER SKIING - UNFORTUNATELY THE SPORT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT! MY ADVICE _ FIND A COZY PLACE BY THE PICTURE WINDOW/FIREPLACE - A GLASS OF WINE AND A GOOD BOOK - OTHERWISE - THINK BUNNY SLOPE AND TRY NOT TO INJURE YOURSELF!! HAVE FUN - WE LOVE YA