Doghouse and Learning to Snowboard?!

After a long week at work, Amy and I decided it was time to unwind and have some fun!

Saturday night: The Doghouse. A group of friends (Dani, Shane, Amy, Justin, me, and some new ones made that night), a deck of cards, and a table. These are the ingredients of a absolutely wonderful night. Whenever cards come out, others always want to join in…and who are we to stop them? A game of Kings that started out with 4 people ended up having 8 at one point! (me, Amy, Justin in picture above)

After a few rounds of Kings, we decided to call it a night. Justin, Amy, and I walked home, but first thought it would be appropriate to stop and make some snow-angels!

Sunday: I decided to take everyone’s advice and try to learn to snowboard the right way. I rented a board and signed up for a private lesson. I started out with my left foot forward and halfway through the lesson I did something and ended up going down the bunny hill with my right foot forward and that felt soo much better. So the second half of the lesson I was riding “goofy” which felt much more natural. After the lesson I went back on the bunny hill to show off my new mad skills to Amy and I bit it, I bit it HARD. And then I bit it HARD, again. And then I was done. Snowboard was put away and I pulled my skis out of the car.

The first time I bit it, I landed straight on my butt and it knocked the wind out of me. The second time I fell I landed on the exact same spot of my butt. Oh my golly is my bum in pain right now!!!

Overall it was an extremely fun, stress-relieving weekend!