Hello from Copper Mountain, Colorado!  It is snowing again today.  It has snowed everyday since we arrived…7" in total.  Several times it has been snowing so hard that you can’t see the mountains out the window!  The elevation here is 9600 feet and let me tell you, it’s kicking me in the butt!  I can barely breathe.  My son, Logan, got sick the first day we were here too, so we ended up postponing our ski lessons. 

 

Yesterday’s lessons went great for my daughter Lauren, okay for Logan and not so good for me.  Lauren was doing so well that she bumped up two levels and went up the lift twice.  I saw her come down the second time and I was so proud of her!  Since Logan is younger, he doesn’t have as much control of his fine motor skills, but his instructor said he should make it to the lift today.

 

Me?  That’s a whole different story.  As we were getting ready to go to the lift yesterday, my instructor came over and said she was really worried about my breathing and that I shouldn’t go to a higher elevation.  I’m going to try again today, but I have to tell you, on a scale of 1 to 10, my excitement level is about 1.  I don’t like to be cold and I also don’t like to do things I’m not good at, so skiing is not exactly at the top of my list. 

 

But, I’m also not a quitter, so I’m going to give it another whirl today.   I don’t think I’ll be Olympic material after one day, but hopefully I can do as well as my 9 year old!

 

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Hope you have a great weekend.  I’m looking forward to coming home to Florida where it’s warm!

 

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