Brighton

The reason for our trip to UT was to take the girls skiing. Once we got there and Audry saw what snow is actually like she decided that she was too young to go skiing. We took Shelby and Amelia to Brighton Ski Resort and left Audry and Sophia with Grandma and Grandpa. Matt, Amelia, and I decided to snowboard, and Shelby wanted to ski so we rented our gear and Shelby and Amelia went to their lessons. I was a little bit terrified of the ski lift because the last time I went Snowboarding I never once made it off the lift without falling and hurting myself. Well imagine my surprise when I made it off the lift perfectly fine, I didn't fall or anything. I got all strapped back into the board and headed off down hill. I was going alright when all of a sudden I caught my front edge and my head smacked into the side of the mountain. I was a little dazed, but I got up brushed myself off and continued on down the slope. We got to a flat spot so I had to unstrap one foot and scoot my way along. I started going again, got going kind of fast. Decided I should snowboard "goofy foot" instead of regular because for some reason I can't do it the regular way without going off to the side, ok anyway I am rambling. So anyway, I caught my front edge a second time and yet again my head smacked into the side of the mountain, but this time after my head hit it stopped but the board and my feet continued on down hill. I was litterally head over heels, or heels over head I guess. I got the wind knocked out of me and really hurt my neck. So at this point I am thinking that maybe snowboarding is not for me. I should leave it to the cool people who make it look effortless. I made it down the mountain unstrapped my snowboard and got the kids from thier lessons. We all went to get some lunch, the girls loved their lessons and learned a lot. They had another lesson in the afternoon so we ate fast and then took them back. I went and traded in my board for some skis. Sane people don't strap themselves to one board I have decided, we strap ourselves to two :D
Matt loved snowboarding so he kept snowboarding and I went skiing. We had a great time. I love to ski! By the end of the day we were all exhausted so we turned in our gear and headed back down the canyon!