Gracie and Doug skiing!

When we went up to Lake Louise to pick up Doug and Raul last week from their snowboarding day in the mountains, Gracie got her first look at live skiing. She loved it. She decided she wanted to try it. So Doug signed himself and Gracie up for a lesson today. It started at 1:45 and lasted an hour and a half. Bradley and I went along to take pictures to document it. :)

This is a shot of her at the very beginning. I love the expression on her face. You can just tell she is loving it!


This is a wider shot from the last one. They were practicing going around in a circle with one ski on, to get a feel for it.


This was the next time we came back to take pictures. About 30 min into the lesson. They were up at the top of the bunny hill getting ready to come down.


I'm so glad Doug took the class with her because from the little bit I saw, she was on the ground more than upright.

Daddy to the rescue!

This is one thing that Bradley did inside while we waited. It was too cold to stay out and watch them the whole time (because I forgot to bring hats and mittens for us) so we had to go inside to warm up several times. We also did some coloring on the floor.

This was our last trip out with the camera (about 15 min left in the lesson).

She got on the 'magic carpet' like a pro!

Then she turned around to tell us it was her third time in a row to get on without falling! :)

Coming down!

And down. (Most of the shots taken today look similar to this one. But I love that she still has a smile on her face through it all.)

Bradley being cheesy (and cute), watching with me in the 'parent section'.

Her last time down.

She had a great time, though she did complain afterwards of a sore bum. I think she'll sleep well tonight though. And we're so glad she got to go. Unfortunately, we waited until the very end of the season to do this. Doug is really kicking himself for not discovering the world of snowboarding last winter. He could have been snowboarding quite a bit by now. Oh well...