Saturday, April 16, 2011

Snowboarding!

On March 6, Travis and I went snowboarding with the family! We went with Adam & Liz, Tyler, and our cousin Bree and her hubby, Matt. We spent the night at Bree & Matt's house in Roy, Utah, the night before and then went down to Salt Lake to go boarding at Brighton....which incidentally is the scene of my only other snowboarding experience...that would be the one where I went down the entire mountain on my backside and my poor friend, Nicole, who had come all the way up to visit me & do this, didn't get much real snowboarding in that night...okay, pretty much none... Bree & Me at Lunch.....................Trav & Me at lunch ♥

Matt & Bree.............Liz, Ada-Boy, Tyler..........Liz, Adam & Ty....(this is Adam's "Magnum" look ;)




Adam helps me get ready.....Trav gets laced up..........



This time, I was determined to:

A. Get off the chair lift without falling

...this did happen! On the third and fourth times, I was able to do it...with the fourth time being markedly better than the third ;)!


and...


B. Learn how to get back up when I fall...and, to do so without help!

....a huge shout-out to Bree & Liz for their fabulous understanding and patience on this one! But, I did it! I got to the point where I could get myself back up without feeling like the turtle who falls on their back!


I did get a couple of decent times down the mountain and Adam did a great job of biting his tongue & practicing patience and then helping me go down a couple of times.


Travis did an awesome job of being understanding of all the girl "craziness" that made me want him around...and, at the same time, not want him witnessing my ineptitude! He was truly wonderful!!


Mostly, though, we had an awesome time with the family and we really enjoyed playing all day. Trav really had fun going boarding and just hung out on the same easy slope (not quite the bunny slope) that I was on all day. AND, I want to go back. I left feeling like I could eventually get it, as long as I keep working on it. And, that was one of the greatest things!

3 comments:

Mike & Rebecca said...

hey, you are ALIVE! loved reading your update. ps, skiing is so much easier, therefore funner, hooray!

Elizabeth Peterson said...

I tried snowboarding once and could not even get up the little rope pull. It was not fun and I will not do it again. Me and cold weather activities do not mix!

Corinne - Copyright 2013 PontiusFamilyUpdates All Rights Reserved said...

I have never gone snowboarding so good for you! It looks hard but it looks like fun! Do you think you'll go again? I really want to try skiing.