Ski Bunny

This was Gwen's second year in the Mountain Explorer program at Ski Roundtop.  Gwen absolutely loves this program where she skiis 4 Saturdays in a row with the same instructor and same group of kids who are all at the same level.  Sometimes though Gwen just likes to go ski with her Grandpa. 

On this beautiful day, I came down armed with my trusty new camera to take some photos of them enjoying this glorious day together.  They had already made several runs by the time I arrived.

 A smiling kid riding the lift for another run. She looks over to make sure I'm watching.

 Grandpa follows behind.  Yes, Gwen leads because as she puts it, "Grandpa goes too slow!" 

 Grandpa is always close, protecting her from crazy kamikaze's who come flying out of control down the slope.

 Gwen doesn't use poles yet, but she likes to use one of Grandpa's to help propel her through the lift line.

 Gwen loves to hit some of the features on the slope and assures me that she caught some air on this trip over the jump.

 Gwen was anxious to show me that she could make it down Minute Man.

  Sheisvery proud of the fact that not only can she do Minute Man, but she can do Lower "Exbidition" (hahaha) as well. I'm really proud of her, she's really coming along.

 This pooped kid is going to sleep great tonight!

My big goal was to be able to ski with Gwen this year.  Unfortunately, the unwise decision to do some yoga poses on my knees in December created some knee problems that it took me two months to recover from.  I am bound and determined to ski with Gwen even if I only get to do it once.  Next year, Gwennie.  Get ready!