This past weekend our family embraced winter, snow and recreation. We traveled to Lake Geneva, WI for the annual Winter Carnival. Cameron is in year 2 of ski school and I am amazed at how quickly he's picked up the sport. He got his own equipment for Christmas which means he's a full on skier.
Given Cameron is not a big team sports kid, skiing seems to be a great fit. He and Jim enjoyed skiing all day with Cameron getting more than his value out of his lift ticket. They enjoyed several runs and rides up the ski lift together and once Jim was done for the day, Cameron kept going. It was the perfect set up for us to sit in the lodge and look out the big windows and see him coming down the hill. While, nothing comparable to the Rockies, this has been the perfect environment for him to learn and build his confidence. I bet he went down the hill an additional 50 times after Jim called it a day. With every run you could see his speed and confidence building. He kept a consistent route and mastered it. Bio and food breaks were the only things that got him off the hill.
Brandon and I spent some time of our own on the sledding hill...a little more my speed. It was nice to enjoy one on one time with him as we giggled our way down the hill several times. Brandon learned the art of packing down the newly fallen snow in an effort to increase speed. This was after I convinced him that the steepest part of the hill wasn't a great idea as it slammed right into a bunch of large bushes...that wasn't going to end well. At the end of the day he realized that doubling up on the same sled would increase our speed even more - a fine physics lesson. Although the temperature never exceeded 15 degrees, the air doesn't feel quite so cold when you're having fun.
I'm glad we took the time to enjoy the weekend away and had our fun in the snow. The year picks up from here with work and personal travel on the horizon. I hope the images of Cameron's smile after a successful run and Brandon at the bottom of the hill waiting for his brother to appear will remain with me. Days and years go quickly - but these moments warm my heart during the cold winter.
Given Cameron is not a big team sports kid, skiing seems to be a great fit. He and Jim enjoyed skiing all day with Cameron getting more than his value out of his lift ticket. They enjoyed several runs and rides up the ski lift together and once Jim was done for the day, Cameron kept going. It was the perfect set up for us to sit in the lodge and look out the big windows and see him coming down the hill. While, nothing comparable to the Rockies, this has been the perfect environment for him to learn and build his confidence. I bet he went down the hill an additional 50 times after Jim called it a day. With every run you could see his speed and confidence building. He kept a consistent route and mastered it. Bio and food breaks were the only things that got him off the hill.
Brandon and I spent some time of our own on the sledding hill...a little more my speed. It was nice to enjoy one on one time with him as we giggled our way down the hill several times. Brandon learned the art of packing down the newly fallen snow in an effort to increase speed. This was after I convinced him that the steepest part of the hill wasn't a great idea as it slammed right into a bunch of large bushes...that wasn't going to end well. At the end of the day he realized that doubling up on the same sled would increase our speed even more - a fine physics lesson. Although the temperature never exceeded 15 degrees, the air doesn't feel quite so cold when you're having fun.
I'm glad we took the time to enjoy the weekend away and had our fun in the snow. The year picks up from here with work and personal travel on the horizon. I hope the images of Cameron's smile after a successful run and Brandon at the bottom of the hill waiting for his brother to appear will remain with me. Days and years go quickly - but these moments warm my heart during the cold winter.
happy boy
we love snow!!
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