Snapshots of Siri Slurping Soup

Siri loves her Dad's chicken noodle soup!

Christmas 2008

Hello All! I hope you had a great Christmas. We had a very busy one. We woke, opened a present and were off to have breakfast with the Meador Family (The family Chris is skiing with). They invited us to their place as Santa had left some presents under their tree for some Wilson kids! They had a ball watching the girls unwrap and play with their gifts. When Chris headed off to ski, the girls and I headed over to Lion's Head so that Myka could do some x-mas powder skiing with her Uncle Lucien! They tore it up! Well, she did get a new ski jacket from Lucien and Jessy so she had to do it justice! After about 6 runs or so we headed home to heat up a ham! Lucien, Jessy and her brother Andy joined us for dinner, dessert (Jessy's apple pie....yummm) and some gift and stocking unwrapping. It was such a fun day. I really missed all of you and hope you were having a great time in your separate venues wrapped in memories of our past gatherings and hopeful for future ones.

Snow Fun

Mommy, it's time to go home.


Blowing kisses


Myka's tree

We had a great day to go Christmas Tree gathering. It was a bit on the cold side...we did end up in Leadville so we had a chilly search but it was a lot of fun.

New Do for a New Year!

Myka had been asking for a long time to get her hair cut. She didn't want it in her face anymore. We headed out to the salon early Thursday morning and I noticed Myka had a little plastic bag in her hand. "Mom can I please change shoes when I get there?" I looked in the bag and saw that she had packed her plastic pink princess shoes...(no joke!) It was rich. Just one of those things I will never forget. She sat herself down on the bench, back straight and full of purpose. Switched into her shoes, slid off, did a little scuffle (sound check!), turned to me and declared that she was now ready! {Meanwhile Siri is having a hay day with all of the colorful product bottles on the shelves.} It was a blast! Enjoy the end result!!

This is now Siri's camera smile!

Ralph's choral singer

Nice warm hands!

Siri's first candy cane!!

Myka said that she didn't know Santa well enough to sit on his lap and that she felt 'most' comfortable sitting next to him where she ordered up a toy rocket ship...... (whatever!)

The incredible thing about revisiting the Minturn Winter Market this year was Myka's recollection of her past visit. She remembered the locations and all of the events of the past only, we didn't go to the market last year it was the year before, when she was 2.

Some Myka Ski Moves

(So sorry about the neck kink)

Notice the addition of......Ballet Arms!!

What a trip this kid is!!

A Little Ski Chick is Born!

Lovin' it!

Doing a little Gondola surfing.

Snacks and some Colorado sunshine!

Myka spent her first day back on skis with Lucien and Jessy. Lucien and I took a couple of runs( so fun and we had great snow) while the ski chicks made some turns. She took a couple more runs with the two of them and we left ... hungry for more. She did great. She looks so small. With Siri around I forget how little this one is until I see her way up on the chair lift in between Lucien and Jessy!

I couldn't wait to go again so a couple of days later I took her up to Beaver Creek. It is a 15 min. bus ride and couldn't be more convenient. I cannot describe this experience to you.(although here I go!) It was overwhelming.... amazingly beautiful day....warm, blue sky, heaven.... then, this little kid in front of me, carving some turns.... acting like a ski racer.... pulling some amazing balancing feats ( I kept asking her if her name was really Bode Miller!) ramming herself purposely into the hill side.... zooming off the run because she wanted to ski in the deep snow... giggling, laughing, squealing kid of mine!

I will never forget that day and feel so blessed that there will be more to come!

Pray for Snow!

It's On!

2008 Men's World Cup

This is Aksel Svindal from Norway. He won the Men's World Cup downhill and Super G.

It has been World Cup weekend here at Wilson headquarters. Myka, Siri, and Chris went to the opening celebration on Thursday night. They watched the demo team and a night ski down, they enjoyed music, fireworks, cookies and hot chocolate. (Siri returned with some great sound effects pointing and saying "sky, sky") We all went to the downhill race on Friday. One Myka Wilson is a huge ski race fan and has been three days in a row. She is now familiar with some of the skiers names and cheers loudly and shakes her bells! Hermann Maier is her favorite (the Hermannator) and she will proudly tell you that today is his BIRTHDAY!!!! Cheers!

December Snow!

I had forgotten the delight the first snow can bring. It was pure magic to these girls. How energizing it is to witness their excitement and the thrill of snow! Next up....Skiing!!

Chop Wood

Have you ever seen a more magnificent pile of wood?

Montana

Thank you Montana crew for an awesome weekend. The hot springs were so fun to walk to and an amazing soak. We loved the Carousel!!, the hike, 622 plymouth street and the feast. Thank you for your hospitality and love. We miss you all and are looking forward to our next visit. (Siri now has a thing for dancing on tables! )

Little Feet in the Sand

We couldn't have had better weather for our Sunday ocean day. These girls love the water and they got soaked! We had extra clothes and a non existent wind (we couldn't fly the kites for more than 5 min.) so it wasn't too chilly. They are so much fun to watch. Siri recovered well from a full face plant into the sand. Not much of a peep, just a lot of spitting!