What else are we going to do when we have four feet of snow on the ground??

We're going to go skiing! The girls and I joined our friends the Maines and went skiing yesterday. What a blast! I had the honor of having the most embarassing moment of the day, although Heather assures me that she had a very spectacular wipe-out. But first, the cute pictures:

Hannah, outside the ski lodge:

Amanda and her friend Kimi. Cute, huh?:

Taylor and her friend Cori. Aren't they cool?:

Sarah and Hannah with Emily, our cute snow bunnies:

Sarah, Hannah and Emily, trying to warm up in the lodge:


So, my embarassing moment... because I am nothing if not graceful... Hannah and I were trying to find a run that led from the top of the lift to the lodge but we got lost. I asked a couple of teenage boys and they pointed me in the general direction, so I took off. I quickly found myself in very ungroomed, very powdery snow and knew I couldn't go much further, so I stopped to tell Hannah not to follow me. When I stopped, my skis sunk and I couldn't get out, so I made the very unwise choice to take my skis off, thinking I would walk across the top of the snow. You know, kind of like Jesus, walking on water. Yes, foolish, I know.

Of course, I sank. Not only did I sink, but I sunk to my waist and couldn't get out, so I had no choice but to scoot my skis and poles towards the run that I was supposed to be on and then drag myself forward like a wounded animal. Each time I inched forward, I sank into a new spot. My only saving grace was that because I was in a non-ski area, no one but Hannah was watching me. So I managed to salvage my pride. I did this for about fifteen minutes and just as I was almost to the run, my friend Heather came barrelling around the corner and caught me. Talk about embarassing! I just laid in the snow and laughed so hard I cried.

We strategized together and figured out a way to get me out of this mess and then once I was up, she took off to find her son and Hannah and I continued our snowy journey to the lodge, which was a much needed break by the time we got there. Lesson learned: Do not venture off the run, even if you think it's a shortcut to where you need to be. Another lesson learned: Be wary of directions given by teenage boys.