(S)Now you see it (s)now you don't

Ski School First Day was on Friday. They will have four lessons this year.

Ben and Makayla

Mindy, Kayla, Mandy (friend), Mackensey, Ben

Mindy is learning how to snowboard this year. Our family's rule is that you have to be 12 in order to snowboard and Mindy was soooo excited to try it out! She was in a large class of four boys (ages 9-10) and four girls around Mindy's age. The teacher took the boys and the assistant took the girls. After the 1 1/2 hour class time the assistant felt that the girls were ready to go up the lift and snowboard down the bunny hill. The class was over, but she did it on her own time. Mindy jumped at the chance and basically got extra one-on-one instruction. She said that she went from being the worst in the class and now she thinks that she might be the best. She says that when skiing she could look around and enjoy the view. But when snowboarding she kept going toward the trees and falling in the powder until the teacher said, "Mindy, you have to look where you want to go because that is where the board goes!" After she figured that out she wasn't falling so much.

Maddy made this guitar holder for me in woodshop as a Christmas present. I love it! I couldn't get her to stand next to it for the picture, so I got Mackensey and Makayla to stand next to their guitars.

It snowed every day for three days before ski lessons. Then we got a warm wind Friday night and by Saturday morning 90 percent of the snow was gone! We made homemade pizza for lunch on Saturday and ate it outside on the back deck. It was a warm 40 degrees. 

For activity days this week Mackensey and Makayla learned a technique called arm knitting. Mackensey made this scarf in just one day! I told her she looks like a college student today. 

Barry took Mindy and Maddy to the temple yesterday, it was Mindy's first time of doing baptisms for the dead. Barry was able to do the baptizing. It was a great week for us!