Heli Video

Fun Indeed!

The only bad news is, as I was taking out my camera to take a picture of us before we even left the helipad, the battery died.  Yes, so no great pics of the best ski day of my life:(  But we did manage to snap a few on our phones, and we did bring our new Flip videocamera.  So as soon as a little editing work gets done I will post a video.

Blue bird day, feet of untracked snow + 7 runs and about 15,000 vertical feet=unmeasurable fun.  I have always wanted to go Heli skiing and this met all my expectations.  The day and conditions couldn't have been better.  Great terrain, great snow, and of course the best company.  The best Christmas present ever.  I didn't realize how fun it would be just to fly in the helicopter.  The views were amazing and so where the pilots' skills-most of the ridges we landed on were about 6ft wide!   It felt like we were in Alaska, not the Wasatch.  If you  are a skier it is a definite must!  Well worth the cost, and an experience I will always remember.  The two other guys that were in our group have done other heli-tours all over the world and they say that this was the best terrain by far.  That all the other places didn't have the quality of snow or any steepness.  Who knew?  Right in our own back yard.

There were 8 people in our group plus two guides.  The pilot would land, we'd jump out, unload the gear and hold it down while the pilot took off, and then we would put our skis on and push off into unbelievable terrain.  We would regroup after each pitch and then at the bottom the Helicopter would come pick us up again and take us up to another ridge.  Truly spectacular.  We live in such an amazingly beautiful place

Waiting for the Helicopter

This is only half way down.

Trying to get a shot of the two of us.

The other half of our group taking off in the background

  Check back soon to see the video...

Helicopter Skiing

Tomorrow we are headed out to do a little bit of this for the weekend. This has been a life long dream and Ben granted it for Christmas. Pray for snow tonight and sunshine tomorrow!

Awe, It's Springish Time!

Well, it's not quite spring, but it is reaching 50 degrees and it is marvelous! And to celebrate I signed Ben and myself up for a 5k. Yep, I am going to start to run races this summer. I always wondered why people run races, why pay money to run 3 miles? You can just run 3 miles for free. Well, I need some motivation and accountability. Besides most races are for a good cause. So I plan on doing a 5k, 10k, 10 miler, and then a half marathon in August. Wow, I can't believe I am posting this. I guess I am going to half to keep to my word now. I will let you know how it goes...In the mean time I am going to keep enjoying being outside. Even if my babies have to be a little bundled.

Wyatt Is Sitting Up!



This is my favorite stage! No dragging bouncers or saucers around, just sit him down, hand him a toy, and there he sits. I have been waiting for this day, and last week he mastered it. I still will place a security pillow behind him, but only for insurance purposes. Not bad for a 5 month old eh? Now we'll just have to put off the crawling for a bit and savor the moment.

Stitches #2

Poor J had an accident while jumping around. While standing on my dresser he was excitedly telling me how big of a jump and trick was was going to do onto my bed, when he accidentally stepped off the side of the dresser with one foot, hit his groin on the side of the dresser and then caught his mouth on the open drawer of my nightstand. All the while I am nursing Wyatt on the bed. I knew it was bad before I even got to him. So I quickly, but gently laid Wyatt down, swooped Jesse up, noticed a slit in his lip, ran into the next room and frantically called every number I know by heart to get someone to come watch my other kiddies. Finally my dad picked up and ran down. Then I called my bro-in-law, who is a fabulous surgeon, to see if he could stitch him up. He didn't answer so I called my sister and she said to just head down to his office and she would call his nurse. So I stuck J in the car with a rag full of ice in the car and raced down to Ray's office. Once there we got the typical Ray--4 Star treatment. As soon as I walked in, we were taken back and Ray had him stitched up in about 10 min. Beats hours of waiting in the ER right? Plus we had the advantage of a highly skilled surgeon putting J's beautiful face back.

J was a stud through it all. As soon as I mentioned stitches he calmed down and said it wasn't so bad, he wouldn't need stitches. Then after he said, "Mom, Ray's a way better Dr. than our other Dr. I couldn't even feel it when he gave me a shot. The other Dr. is way ouchy." I was trying to be calm and tough, but while I was holding his hand and watching Ray do his handy work I almost passed out. So I went and sat across the room with my head between my legs and J did it all on his own. That's my little man.

Grippin it and Rippin it

at his first day of ski school

Skiing Amy's ridge