Blog #3

Hey Everyonneee! How was your weekend? Well today is the 16th and I know my weekend was fantabulous! As you all probably know, it was the weekend of the ski retreat. I had never gone before, and decided that this year I was going to try it. It was AMAZING. I know that that word is really over used but that is the best word I think can think of to describe it. Now, before this retreat I had never skiied, so I was a little nervous. Annie Gaburo and I signed up to do lessons which made me feel a lot better, and let me tell you, it helped a lot. The first day we had a really nice lady named Lynn. She was very patient, and a really fun person. The rest of the day we basically spent on the Bunny Hill, except for the very last run where we met up with David (coleman), Stefan, and Peg.

They told us that there was a really easy green hill at the top of one of the lifts, ( I think orange lift). Annie and I pondered the idea and agreed to go. On the way up, I rode with David and Peg and if you know me, I lifts. They totally scare me to. David thinks this is really funny so hes like pushing on my back and swinging the chair and I'm totally freaking out. FINALLY, after what felt like an 1 hour long ride we reach the top and made our way over to whats called the "Easy Mile". Let me tell you, this thing did NOT look easy. It was a green run, but considering that that day was the first time I had ever skiied in my whole entire life, it was huge. David agreed to stay with me the whole time which made me feel a little better, and Stefan was going to stay with Annie. After about 5 minutes, Annie is down the hill with Stefan and Peg, waiting for me. I'm still at the top going about .10099945 miles per hour. David, annoyed, finally says hold my arm and I'll ski us down.

Okay, I thought, sounds easy. Not so easy. He decided to swing his arm, I go all the way around him and fall...hard. He laughs I get up and go. He tries to cut me off. I fall a few more times and near the bottom, he decides to cut me off again. But instead of me wiping out this time, he does. I up and ski down to Peg. Okay, so thats basically my funny story for the trip. Besides skiing, each evening we would gather, play games, do worship, and have a lessons brought to you by some of VI's student leaders. The games were hilarious ( king ooga booga and the motorcycle haha), and worship was awesome. Although this trip was a lot of fun, it was the whole package. Along with time with friends, meeting new friends, skiing, we also got time with God. My first ski retreat was totally incredible and totally worth it!