olympic training

Below is some footage from our early season training. I'm rather proud of the luge track I built on our lawn. It's quite a lovely ride. And the ski footage is from Junie's first day out last Friday. My sister Katye and her husband were in town, so Katye and I took Junie out for a few laps on the hill. Since then, I've already taken June skiing twice more. Today was her first "powder day" and for her it was knee deep in spots. It's amazing how fearless she is. On Saturday, she skied through the trees for the first time without skipping a beat, and today she mastered the art of getting off the chairlift on her own. For a brief moment, she even turned around to me and said she wanted to ski backwards. Oh dear. Jolee is not quite ready yet, but we'll get her out there by season's end.