Quick weekend getaway

Thursday after Aidan got of school we headed off to Boulder which is about an hour northwest of us. Great town (you can liken it to Santa Cruz or possibly Berkeley, primarily for the resident's liberal views. At least that's what we're told). And it's close to a ski resort called Eldora.

Friday morning we headed up to Eldora so Rick could go snowboarding and Aidan could attend ski school. We thought it was going to be a great day since the weathermen announced weather in the 40's and 50's this weekend, but there was one little problem....WIND! And lots of it.

Kellen and I hung around the ski resort for about an hour waiting for Aidan to get ready to head out to the slopes so I could take some pictures of him. Rick said it wasn't too bad for about 2-3 hours because an hour after opening the slopes they opened up the main runs, but after lunchtime the wind really picked up and they had to close down the main runs again.

Poor little Aidan:( His 2nd time skiing didn't go as great as it could have because of the evil wind. Rick said he headed over to where the kids were being pulled by the tow rope to go down the little bunny slopes, but a few of the kids, including Aidan got really scared with the wind and started crying and falling. Imagine, little 5-6 year olds who weigh around 50 lbs. trying to navigate and stay upright on their skis. Aidan's little face was so red from wind burn, (note to mom - buy a ski mask) and he had frozen snot all over his face. I know, nice visual, but that' s what he looked like.

His teacher said he did great, the weather just turned really crummy so it became scary for a lot of the kids. Thankfully he's not ready to call it quits. Anyway, here are some pictures of Aidan starting out. I couldn't get any of him going down the first small hill because Kellen wouldn't venture away from the building. Once again the wind was deterring him from the outside.