Jacob's First Time on Ski's

Jacob went skiing for the first time this last week. Tuesday evening we all went up to Kelly Canyon for Grandpa and Grandma Heileson's ward party. Jacob was able to try skiing. He LOVED it and did really well actually. We were so surprised as to how well he did. When we first got their they gave him his rentals for free which was awesome. The guys at the ski rental shop were so nice. They were all so excited to see if Jacob could actually ski. Jacob has a harder time skiing than most kids do but with practice we think that he will actually be able to do it. He can stand all by himself on his ski's. He just needs to really work on his balance.

Everybody helped with Jacob's skiing. Gregorie was a fantastic babysitter and watch Kaelen in the lodge for a while so I could go out and take pictures and video's of my kids skiing. Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Rachael all took turns helping Jacob ski. It was so nice to have them their to help. Enoch also helped but eventually Rachel and him took off and went skiing on the bigger slopes. It was fun to hear Rachel come back and tell about her experience. She said that they went on the highest part of the hill to ski. She said that she was really scared but to help her not think about it she would sing a song in her head. She said that that really helped her get down the mountain fine.

Jacob getting his boots and ski's fitted and his boots put on.

Rachel headed up on the rope tow

Enoch and Jacob headed up the rope tow together

Grandma Heileson helping Jacob ski down the bunny hill.

Aunt Rachael helping Jacob ski. If you listen closely you can hear Jacob say that he wants to go over a jump. All night he would talk about going over jumps and skiing down the steep hills.



Jacob skiing with Grandpa Heileson.

Two thumbs up for skiing.


This is a video of Enoch and Jacob skiing by. Rachel is following behind going over a bridge and jump.

I love this picture of Enoch and Rachel especially because a large snowflake fell in front of Enoch just as i took it. It looks like he has a patch on. Arrrg! He's a pirate.

Rachel and Enoch in line for the chair lift.

Jacob standing on his ski's


Jacob flying by with Grandpa.

Jacob looking out the window watching for Rachel and Enoch to come back from skiing so Jacob could go out and ski again.

Kaelen and Angelene in the lodge.

Jacob loved skiing so much that he never wanted to get off of the hill. He would get frustrated and mad and say that he quit but then when you mentioned going inside he would get mad and say that he wanted to keep skiing. He would have stayed outside all night if he had let him. When we were in the lodge he would constantly ask when he could go skiing again. When it was time for us to return his ski's and boots at the end he was mad and didn't want to return them. The guys from the ski rental place asked me as I walked in if he liked it. I told them to listen to Jacob outside yelling that he wasn't returning his things and that would be an idea of how he liked it. They told us to bring him back again. I definitely will if they will rent us ski's for free for him. (Just Kidding, kind of) The ski rental guys all really liked Jacob and thought that he was so cute.

I am so proud of both my kids. I love that Rachel is so good at skiing and that she and Enoch have something that they can do together. I am excited that Jacob can now go skiing with us now.