Skiing at Quail

If you know my husband, you know he loves to ski! It's in his blood, and if we don't get out enough in the year he feels neglected. Since his job requires him to travel most of the summer, we end up doing most of our skiing in September and October (until we almost freeze to death on the lake!) Here are a few shots of us this last weekend. I steal all of these cute collages from sis-in-laws blog because she is the creative photo shop lady around here. Her cute kids and husband are on the top. Connelly tried skiing with his dad for the first time. It was so fun to watch him be so brave!
Here is our cute family. Gracie had her own little life jacket, and slept most of the time under the blanket. She loved the roar of the engine on the boat. It put her right to sleep and it was a nice day so she wasn't sweating to death. Max LOVED the boat. He is usually so nervous, but he has really grown up this year. He was so excited to wear the 'yellow jacket with the lizard' on Grandpa Dave's boat.

We were so proud of Max because he actually got in the water and tubed on his own for the first time without screaming for us to pull him in. When he saw all of his cousins jumping in he looked at me and said,
"This jacket will help me float right? I won't sink?" When I told him he would be fine he looked at me excitedly and said,
"Put me in!" He was so funny!

Then when it was time to tube he looked and Mike with the same expression on his face and asked
"Will you go super slow Dad?" Mike told him he would go slow and Max replied,
"Put me in!" He was so cute! You can see him flexing his muscles in the tube, and you can also see the leftover Oreo cookie on his squishy little cheeks. We love going to the lake with Brooke and Dan. Our family's get along so well and we are so happy we have them near by.

Here is Mike showing off his mad skills. He said this wasn't one of his best runs, but I still love watching him work up a sweat!