Riley at the 'Bird

Riley's on his second year of Mountain School at Snowbird.  He goes to ski school every Saturday for 5 weeks in a row.  He has the same teacher each week and same ski-mates.  He seems to enjoy taking lessons, but is just as happy to ski with Mom, Dad, Nanny or Pappy.  Now that he's got the basics down, it's so much fun to ski with him.  Last year he was all about speed and "pizza" or snowplowing.  This year he's more cautious with his speed and working on making his "snake" turns.  I love it that he tells me to watch him so he can show off how he jumps.  It's not terribly high, but he does get air and for my little, calculated risk taker, it's fun to watch!

Here's a video from Friday at Snowbird.  

All of us, including Kendall and Nanny and Pappy went for the day.  It was Snowbird's 40th birthday and they were offering lift tickets for $40!  We skied Brighton on Wednesday for less than $30 per adult because they were offering $20 lift tickets with a donation of a bag of food for the Utah Food Bank.  We lucked out this week with good lift ticket prices since we haven't had much snow this winter!  It was a fun way to spend our Christmas vacation!