We finally made the time to go up skiing. My winter camping excursion with friends motivated me enough! Andy is so nice to me :). He had had a very long week at work and just wanted to veg but instead we went up the mountain at my request and spend the better part of the day in the snow. Sydney worked on her downhill skiing and I'm so sad that somehow we deleted my pics I took of her. As we were taking turns working with her however, a very nice ski instructor came up and starting giving her and us some pointers. He ended up just taking over teaching her and worked with her for over an hour one on one. By the end of her time with him she was skiing down the tow-lift hill all by herself! It was awesome. We couldn't have gotten her that far ourselves. The other kids had fun playing on the sledding hill and Abby finally decided she likes to sled or "ride" as she calls it. After we were done on the hills Andy took us over and taught us how to make a small a-frame snow cave. The kids were tired and it started to snow by the end but we powered through and it was fun to learn. The snow only has a few weeks left before the resort closes so our next trip up will likely be next winter. 
