Snow Boots

It sure has been crazy busy around here with house showings (no prospects yet), baking, wrapping presents, and x-mas cards to get done. I finally have time to get some blogging done and to catch up. There has been a lot going on here.


Charly has had some early Christmas presents such as this one pictured above. She got some snow boots for playing in the snow and skiing. That's right skiing. I am going to take her skiing this year. Back to the snow boots these are really nice and warm. 


Sorel Furry Pac Boots

 Eco-Conscious

Water-resistant synthetic textile upper

Built-in gaiter with barrel-lock closure system

Elastic hook-and-loop instep strap for a custom fit

Removable, recycled felt boot liner for easy care

Injection-molded waterproof thermal rubber shell

Multi-directional rubber lug outsole

These boots are so nice. Charly just loves them!

Ski Baby Ski

When I went skiing a couple of weeks ago I kept thinking how much fun next season will be. Why you wonder? What is so special about the next ski season? Charly will be Two!! and big enough to start skiing baby. I love to ski! it is one of my most favorite past times.

When the conditions are sunny and the trails are groomed is the best for carving, I love to carve. Check out this website I just found gives great tips on carving and a great ski workout. The better shape you are in for skiing the less sore you are afterwards.

I have skied on many conditions another thing I like to ski on is ice. Since I was on the Alpine Ski Team in high school that is the conditions I was taught to race on so I know how to handle myself on icy conditions; ruts not so much. There is a different on how you ski for racing and for recreational skiing. In racing the skier is more down to the ground. It takes a bit of time, strength, and practice to be very good at this.

But what I like is to have fun. Racing was great for me to learn to ski better and look at the technical side of it. Recreational skiing is more straight and your feet are closer together, old school they call it. Since I am not racing anymore I am practicing at getting back into position. Which is better for the knees too. This is the way that I was taught how to ski by my parent. I have been skiing with them all my life. Well when your whole family skis you start skiing very young I was about 18 months when I started.

Now that I have this knowledge of skiing I can teach the kiddies myself how to ski and have fun doing it. Right now is the best time to purchase ski gear with all the sales going on. So start looking! and Go Ski baby ski!!!

Grand Targhee skiing

I have been itching to go skiing for awhile so Tim called up my brother Dan who had some free time to go skiing this week and we went to Grand Targhee. This is how my day was of skiing besides the wake up call at 5:30 for the baby feeding. -_-  For two baby feedings, Charly was hunger too because she didn't eat her dinner!

Left at 8:00 am and got up to the ski area after 9 am. It was a nice cloudy day with no wind or snow so we went up on a lift called Dreamcatcher. At the top of the mountain was bitter cold and windy, cold and windy did I mention cold. Yes it was very cold. 

Dan and I came down the mountain on the Teton vista trail, the easy way down, then went into the lodge to warm up. After we warmed our toes and ajusted my boots (again) we headed over to the Shoshone area for some nice groomed runs. After a few runs there it was lunch time!! We noticed that the Dreamcatcher lift was closed. It was so windy that all of the lifts were closed except Shoshone. Now there were alot of people showing up by this time to go skiing. The clouds were so low. Well we did a few more runs then called it a day. The drive back wasn't the greatest but the skiing was better. Here are some pictures of what it was like.