We were driving home from church today and it was gorgeous out! Not a cloud in the sky. Leif says to me “this is the day to take Liam skiing – you should take him!” It was Super Bowl Sunday and we were throwing a party that afternoon/evening but Leif was adamant and Liam was so excited. It did not take more than 10 minutes to grab our stuff and jump in the car with PBJ’s and we were off! 50 minutes later we were at the hill.

Liam was timid at first wanting me to ski behind him. I was trying very hard to stay calm, cool and collected because, as we all know, my expectations for this kid are through the roof! I really wanted him to ski on his own but didn’t know how to convince him that he would be okay. And then, out of nowhere, Liam took a tumble, and I fell right on top of him! He ended up skiing over my hand and slicing my finger. There was so much blood I thought it was really bad but it ended up being a tiny cut that, for some reason, bled like my finger had been cut off! Liam saw all the blood and did not want to have anything to do with me! From that moment forward, he skied on his own – far away from me! Ha ha – it was the best thing that’s happened to his skiing!

He did awesome – his legs figured out how to snow plow and he figured out how to make himself stop. I was so proud of him and we took about 10 runs. He did not want to leave when we had to which only made me more proud.

When we got home, Leif and Skyler were relaxed and happy, house was spotless and our friends were just arriving. It really was a perfect day!