Marina and Evan meet the Greatest Snow on Earth

My last final finished Thursday at 10pm. Drove Tatiana's mom to the airport on friday at 3:30 am. We were all in the car and on our way to Utah by 10:45. Guess I was a little eager to get moving. And now that I've been hanging out here, I haven't been so good at posting updates. Sorry.



So what's the news been? Marina has been learning to ski. Egged on by the promise of a jelly bean at the end of each run (or 2, if it was a particularly tough course), she has quickly gotten the hang of it. We've already taken her down a couple of double-blue runs (in the US it goes green -> blue -> black). All this despite her instructor - me! The next step is to move her to parallel skis - it's a little tough to explain, since she doesn't yet understand "parallel".









What about her little bro Evan? He was quiet for the car trip out (thanks!), but then got back to his hollerin' ways. Grandma Judy finally figured out that he likes fresh air, so he's been getting plenty of walks - and sometimes just hangs out on the balcony.








Mostly, Evan's been learning some new expressions. He's got "serious"...



"Happy"...

"Fish"...

and "Rasta-Mon!"





So, as you can tell, there are a lot of smiling faces out here.










One final lesson that Marina's learned - always end with hot chocolate!


I've got some videos of Marina on skis, but they'll have to wait until we get home.