Kayden is 7!

CELEBRATIONS

Our oldest turned 7 in mid-January! It's crazy to consider all that we've been through and experienced with him in 7 years. The time sure has flown by. For his birthday this year, we just decided to have a family party and surprised him by taking him to Boondocks - a giant fun center with bowling and games and a huge jungle gym, etc.

Blowing out candles on his Lego cake.

The quaint family party.

At Boondocks on the roller coaster ride. He wanted to do this one about 5 times.

SKI LESSONS

Having a January birthday keeps getting harder and harder as he gets older. He'd received the toys he wanted for Christmas and was still playing/building with them by the time his birthday rolled around 2 weeks later. This year he was completely stumped on what to ask for. We tried to give him some suggestions that were not toy related and so he thought and thought about what he wanted and then decided on downhill ski lessons.

We hunted around for the best deal and decided to go with a 3 lesson package at Wolf Creek Mountain near Ogden. His first lesson was the Saturday after his birthday and his second was that following Monday. He'll do his last lesson probably this coming Saturday and then after completion, the deal came with a season pass, so he's excited to get to go with his dad some more.

He went with such a good attitude both times and both times the class sizes have been amazing and he has caught on quickly! The first time was a private lesson and the second time it was him and one other 10 year old girl. Here's some fun pics from the first day.

With his teacher

Making his skis into a 'pizza slice' on the way down.

He was smiling the whole time.

After 3 times down the learning hill, he was getting bored, so they hopped on the lift and were off. His teacher said he loves to go fast and just gets back up to go again when he falls.

The weather was so nice and sunny the entire day - the perfect weather to be introduced to skiing!