Good Skiing season

Sam in the air.

 I believe it is safe to say we had a good skiing season this winter. We didn't get much snow in January but that didn't stop us from heading out. We got tons of snow in March and ended our skiing season on a new mountain (I don't have pictures from there, we were too busy exploring not one but two mountains and having a blast on Fil's birthday).

Enjoying skiing during a snow storm.

 Both girls did great this year and they are officially on their own. That makes me (Lenka) the slowest Steiger on the mountain.

I wouldn't want to get stuck on this chair lift.

It doesn't help I stop once in a while to take few pictures  :) Oh well.

Ski season

 

Our ski season is in full swing. All of us are enjoying the snow on the mountain regularly. We all look forward to our family time out in the cold air (ok maybe some days more than others).

 Jo is not our little ski bunny any more. She is on her own and proud of it. Now only if I could keep up with her we should be in a good shape.

Best friends

Emma is not happy in this picture. There is a story behind it but to make it short let just say that her ski poles have been recovered by chasing a person down hill :)

One of the rare moments (unless it is time to refill their bellies) having all the kids in one spot.

Sam started snowboarding this year and he is doing well.

Just chilling

Sam on his third day of snowboarding. For a minute I was hoping a change in gear would slow him down for a little bit, but that was only in my dreams. He is back in the air.

Skiing pictures

Here are some pictures from this skiing season. What a season it has been. We didn't get any snow most of the winter so the snow we skied on was man made but it was good. We all enjoyed our Fridays outside.

Uncle Vittee surprising the kids was the highlight of the season and the kids loved showing their uncle our "small" mountain.

 Jo expresing her joy. (what a ham)

 Ski buddies and best friends. They do have a ton of fun on the ski slopes.

 Uncle Vittee showing his snowboarding abilities.

 Sam showing his jumping abilities (every mom's dream come true).

Skiing - videos

Skiing season

It is that time of the year again to hit the ski slopes and this year you better watch out because the whole Steiger Clan is on the hill!!!

Yep Jo is old enough to join us and she couldn't wait start skiing last Friday. We went down the bunny hill a few times and then she requested to go on the chairlift and try the big hill.

The girls ready to head up.

(Let me tell you it takes a while to get our family ready with 6 pairs of skis, 6 pairs of ski boots and snow boots, jackets, hats, gloves, goggles, snow pants .... etc.)

Jo ready to hit the slopes.

She is cute even in her full skiing outfit.

 She wasn't even a little bit scared of getting on the chair lift or off.

Jo going up with daddy.

Emma will even stop for me to pose for pictures. 

Emma posing for mommy while we waited for Fil and Jo to catch up with us.

"Mom, Jo is coming down!!!"

 And here she is. Coming down like a big girl.

 She didn't even want us to help her get up when she fell down.

 She was ready to hit the slopes again after lunch didn't even want to take a long break.

 That girl will be skiing on her own soon!!!

 And then it will be official that mom is the slow poke on the mountain!

No pictures of the boys since there is no way I can keep up with them.

Another Day skiing ..... and SNOWING (again)

We spent another day on the mountain and guess what? It was snowed all day long! We were getting so much snow that it kept most people from coming up. But not the crazy Steigers. No we made it up and loved it all. We got 10 inches during the day and we had to dig our car out so we could leave to go home!

Here is Emma busily working on getting the snow of my car after a full day of skiing. I was hoping the kids would get tired at least this once with all the snow but no. Only Fil and I were tired, the kids ended up playing outside after we came home (while Fil worked on clearing our driveway). The boys were ready for baskeball games at 8am the next day!

We couldn't see the top of the mountain all day.

Emma still busy cleaning the car.

Sam finally done skiing (after I told him it was time to go). He was ready to go up again if I didn't call him in.

Tons of snow in New England.

Maybe the spring will make it here someday!

By my self .....

Last Friday Fil had to go to work so I ended up on the mountain skiing all by myself with an extra three kids. Friends of ours watched Jo and her daughter in the lodge while I prayed all day that nothing would happen to anybody. I didn't see most of them all day but Emma and I had a blast skiing together. What does a tired momma do when she gets tired and she need a little break to catch her breath? She finds a steep hill and sends her kids to slide down (oh and brings camera with her). I wish my pictures had sounds so you could hear the kids laughter and screams!

They just had a blast!

Jo wasn't so sure at first but it didn't take her long to climb the steep hill and enjoy the ride down.

Nate coming down at full speed.

Don't forget to smile for the camera! Nate coming head down first.

That was fun, let's do that again!

Emma was the fastest kid out there. She outran everybody up the hill.

This is the only picture of anybody on skis. Proof that we were skiing indeed.

Can you just see the joy in her eyes?

Brothers racing down the hill.

I thought this would tire them a little but after just a 1/2 hour running up and down they were ready to ski. So I went to put away my camera, put on my skies and on the chair lift we went.

On the way home I thanked God for keeping us safe. We missed daddy a lot and are looking forward to more skiing with him!