As I promised Ben at age 2, upon turning 5, I would take him snowboarding. I was younger then - it didn't seem like that bad of an idea. As his birthday approached, Travis kept remindning Ben that Mama was going to take him snowboarding. Thanks, love.
Like most things, it took a village. Thankfully, we could draw on the experience and teaching of Patrick, Charley and Uncle Richie. The boys, Auntie Jannie and I headed up to Stevens Pass on Thursday to fulfill my promise to Ben. It was a great day - easy drive up, lots of great snow and pretty snowfall while we there. Ben, not surprisingly, was a natural. He took to it much better than I did (sadly, the video of me snowboarding appears to not have made it back to Portland).
Like most things, it took a village. Thankfully, we could draw on the experience and teaching of Patrick, Charley and Uncle Richie. The boys, Auntie Jannie and I headed up to Stevens Pass on Thursday to fulfill my promise to Ben. It was a great day - easy drive up, lots of great snow and pretty snowfall while we there. Ben, not surprisingly, was a natural. He took to it much better than I did (sadly, the video of me snowboarding appears to not have made it back to Portland).
4 comments:
No way! What a natural! I would not have even realized that was him...so big and completely able to conquer the mountain. Way to go Ben!!
I am SO impressed. Who put the video/slideshow together? Oh yeah, watching Ben snowboard was cool too.
Ben would like to go snowboarding again - we didn't go on the chairlift and he's looking forward to that. The video wasn't too hard, actually. I used onetruemedia.com and just followed the instructions. They did most of it - I just picked the pictures. :)
He has a ridiculously unfair amount of coordination!
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