Ski Utah

Last year over Martin Luther King weekend, we had a wonderful ski trip with our friends, the Smith's. We thought it would be fun to make it an annual trip, so Nick got a few days off, and we made our plans. Well, we found out that the Mountain Dew Tour would be at Snow Basin ski resort, which would have been a crowded mess, so we had a change of plans. We stayed with the Smith's later on in the weekend, and we had a great time with their family. As for skiing, we decided to take our family to Deer Valley Ski resort. We stayed at the Zermatt Resort, which is always nice. First thing Friday morning we woke up ready to roll, we went to Adventure Haus (ski shop) to rent skis and boots for the kids. We were excited to be on our way and started the drive toward Park City. 20 minutes later we get a phone call from the ski shop letting us know we'd left the ski boots back at the shop. They were so kind and brought them to us. We enrolled the twins in the Bambi ski school for beginners. They had 2.5 hours of ski instruction, lunch, and play time. Isaac, Nick and I ventured off on our own, which was great fun. We did several runs, it was such a beautiful day and amazing scenery. Isaac thought it would be nice to have lunch in the lodge up on the ski slopes. We enjoyed a relaxing lunch before we went back to skiing. Isaac was doing great under Nick's instruction and supervision, I think he only wrecked once. Isaac was also feeling more comfortable and confident as he went off onto the side trails and through the trees. Nick was a good sport, but decided we had held him back long enough, and thought he needed to go off on his own to tame the mountain. Isaac and I were alright until he went off on a difficult little side trail that ended in moguls. He crash landed and lost a ski in the process. We tried for 15 minutes to get the ski back on, but we were on a steep slope and we kept sliding down. We were both getting frustrated and tired, but some nice lady finally stopped to help. We were happy to be on our way back down. A minute later, my skis got crossed and I was going fast and out of control, next thing I know Isaac is right in front of me and I yelled as we both wiped out. We slid several yards, tangled up before we came to a stop. We both just laid on our backs in pain and didn't move. Isaac was quite mad at me, and said, "We have NO business being up here!" He might be right! We picked the girls up from their Bambi class with just enough time to take them down the bunny slope once. They were happy to get to ride the chair lift. They did a fantastic job, and didn't want to leave. We gathered all the gear, and were on our way back to Midway. Nick dropped us off at his parents house and went to return the ski equipment. When he got there, he realized we were short a pair of skis. Adventure Haus thinks we're idiots!! They were very nice about it and called the ski resort in the morning to see if they'd been turned in. Turns out, they were in lost and found. The gracious people at Adventure Haus told us they'd retreive them for us. Isaac says he's never skiing again!!