Snow Skiing in Michigan!?

Yes, they do have skiing in Michigan! They do not have what we would call resorts. Obviously they don't have what we would call mountains. What they do have is what we like to call ski hills and for now, that will do! Especially when the sun was actually shining! We could not have asked for a more beautiful day to ski.

Erik taught Adah to ski last year, and since I am usually pregnant and/or nursing, I missed out. So this year it is Madelyn's turn to learn and I am some how not pregnant or nursing! So we got a babysitter for the boys on Friday and hit the slopes...I mean hills.

They had lifts, but we spent a lot of our time using the tow rope on the (even smaller) hills.

Sure, she makes it look easy, but she had some ugly tumbles before she got the hang of it.

Good job, babe! hehe I think it is so cute.

Adah was a champ, pretty much picking up where she left off last season and dying to go on the big hills.

Adah kept saying that all our snow clothes make us look "fat." I told her it is because we have to wear 4+ layers!

Adah was feeling the need...the need for speed! haha

Madelyn started the day out great. She caught onto the V thing and she was really doing well. About 2 hours into it, her attitude took a nose-dive and never came back up. She could go and stop on a dime...but then once we tried to introduce "turning," she was just done. She claims she wants to go again, and Erik has said, "She will learn to ski. She can't be a member of this family and not ski!" But I am not going to lie, it got ugly.

Here is when we stopped for lunch...or we meant to stop for lunch but didn't know where everyone was getting their burgers and dogs, so we just had our granola bars and water that we had brought with us. As you can see, Madelyn is still being a stinker.

Yea, not impressed with this whole "skiing in the cold and eating granola bars for lunch" thing.

Why is my oldest child so against smiling in pictures? In fact, in this picture, Madelyn is telling her, "Adah, smile!"

I shouldn't be so hard on Madelyn. She did catch on really fast. She even went down one of the "big hills" after only learning for a couple of hours! She just needs to learn to want something bad enough to really put her effort forth to learn it! She'll get there.