Spring Break Skiing

We got yesterday off school for spring break and I told Sean that we should do something fun. I have been wanting to go skiing for awhile now. We found some discount tickets to Sundance on KSL and decided to go! We rented skiis (well Sean got a snowboard) with some 50% off coupons, got a subway foot long and headed up. Sean has been boarding twice but not since high school and I went skiing on a field trip in fifth grade so we are not the most experienced... I had no clue what the heck I was supposed to do...but we rode up the lift.

We were getting to the top and I got a little scared. As soon as we got off I started screaming and then me and Sean both crashed right there on the ground.... supposedly I tripped him with my pole... The lady working at the chair lift comes out and says, "skier, do you need some tips?" HAHA yeah... not sure what gave it away. So she taught me the pizza and french fries. The first time down the mountain I went super slow...no french fries for me... but no falling. The next few times I got faster and faster. I was feeling pretty confident. It was so fun! Sean had a few good falls and rolls. Eventually we tried the "more difficult" hill. My turn for a few crashes. I would just get going too fast and I couldn't seem to slow down. Sean was good at getting right up after a fall but it would take me like 10 minutes. It was just so hard for me to get my skiis back on and stand up for some reason. Sometimes I would resort to sliding down hills on my bum... I felt a lot more confident on the other mountain! I could go fast on that one. One fall though I jammed my thumb or something. It hurt pretty bad. Later Sean played doctor and pulled it back into position. Today it still hurts and has a nasty bruise. By the time it was like 3:00 my legs were so tired. We went to the car and ate our sandwiches for a break before we did our last few runs. It was such a fun day! We had a great time! Skiing is fun. Beautiful day! Today we are pretty sore and have bright red faces but it was all worth it! :)