I’m writing this in bed half asleep after three days of powder skiing with Liam in Montana. 14 inches, 7 inches and then 18 inches…Lost Trail, MT did not disappoint. But as awesome as the powder was, it was nothing compared to watching Liam weather the ups and downs of his first moguls competition. The highlights: throwing his backflip, numerous times, in training and in the competition; Stomping his second run with a HUgE backflip o to a mogul field with a crazy smooth transition; Getting through his nerves and competing like a rockstar! The lowlights: learning that 360’s got as much points as back flips; learning that mogul turns were 60% of the score; and…the worse fall of his life – what Liam is calling his scorpion iron cross. Honestly, it was not pretty and scared his mom half to death. Took everyone in me not to run out to the course, pick him up and carry him straight home. But he brushed it off, and put together a great comp run (no backflip included this time). He was an awesome sport, showed character and resilience and I was crazy impressed and proud of him.

And also…did I mention the Powder!!!???