Last weekend I went skiing with Melissa and Dave at Mountain High. We went from 77 degrees to 35 degrees in just an hour and a half from Irvine and it amazes me that you can go from the beach to the mountains in such a short time period. I would like to start out by saying that I in no way, shape, or form care for any of these pictures however I wanted to blog them as proof that yes I can ski, albeit very poorly, but I can still do it! I managed to make it down the bunny hill on 10 runs and not fall at all! I hope my super star skiing cousin Summer is proud! The whole strategy to my madness was borrowing ski blades from Mel...they are awesome! I have found a whole new love for skiing, which I guess happens when you spend more time doing it and less time trying to get up. I didnt get home until 1am on Saturday, we are a couple of real party animals I tell ya', and I have a bruise exactly 1 inch wide on both shines that I am very proud of. It was awesome and I had such a great time.
please dont laugh at me.

Started out the afternoon with a big lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Irvine. Yum! We joined Melissa's childhood friend and her husband who also live in Irvine and have the cutest dog! Here is a picture of Melissa teaching us how to make an origami dog out of a chopstick holder...I was intensely concentrating as you can see...

I dont know exactly what I am so shocked about, probably somebody going to run in to me since I go so slow. If you look closely you can see the conveyor belt to get up the hill behind me. This ended up being my arch-nemesis for the evening...I kept falling off the thing. However towards the end I did manage to successfully get off (although I still tripped the sensor which made the whole thing stop and a bunch of boarders very angry) and decided that a goal accomplished is a night worth ending.

I was trying to look serious...obviously I don't take serious very seriously. we call this one "the constipated chicken":

I need to work on looking half way cool while doing the wedge:

even the little girl can go up the conveyor belt without a problem:



Melissa just looks so much cooler than I do. I really need to learn how to board, it will increase my "cool" status 10 fold:


Thanks Melissa and Dave for an awesome night at the slopes. And hey, if this science thing doesnt work out I think we could all open up a ski shop. Dave is a fantastic instructor, Melissa just looks good, and hey at least I can make the kids feel like they are better than me...eh cause most of them are. Can't wait to try the ski lift, that should be interesting.