Larry the camel dromedary

Height: 3′6″ = 83% ile

Weight: 39 1/2 lbs = 75% ile

Height: 35″ = 82% ile

Weight: 26lbs 4oz = 40% ile

When Abby is competing in the 2030 Winter Games, I’m sure NBC will come to us for a background story. We will tell them that she started skiing on February 28, 2010 - 3 weeks before her 2nd birthday.

We’ve only had 138 inches of snow so far - well below average - but have still managed to have a ton of fun on the slopes this season. Connor and I had a great ski day on Saturday. It was the 2nd time we’ve taken him up without the harness and he’s doing great. He’s taking ski lessons twice a week - on Tuesday’s at the ski area and on Thursday’s with the Winter Sports Club at Howelsen - and it’s beginning to pay off. He can now execute a snowplow to stop and turn.

I captured some decent footage with the helmet cam - 2 runs, 6 videos. Click here to see part I of our trip down why not.

Abby wants to everything her big brother does and whenever we talk about going skiing she always says “I do! I do!”. She’s too young this season, but we may take her out to the preview slope just to get her used to the sensation of sliding.

Snow Photo - Our Yearly Tradition

Connor’s school Christmas party was last Friday. The kids performed a few Christmas carols and got a surprise visit from Santa!

We went to Buff Pass to get the tree this year.  After last year’s meltdown on Rabbit Ears, we thought it might be easier to stay closer to home.  We got a pretty good tree in the same area in 2007, plus I had done some advance scouting on Google Earth this week, so we were fairly confident about going back.  The kids were puny and febrile again this year so they stayed in the car.

After about 10 minutes of slogging through the knee-deep snow, I stumbled upon a 13 footer that was straight and well proportioned.  I was probably too close to the road to take this tree legally, but I was certainly ready to stop walking around in the woods.