First Time on Ski's

Mikkele went to Lake Powell last week with my mom and brother and a whole bunch of aunt, uncles, and cousins. She has gone almost every year since she was 15 months old. (She had a melt down as she was getting in the car last year to leave and ended up staying home.) Each year she has made improvements in her confidence and skills. This year they were able to get her confident enough to try water skiing. My Uncle James has a boom on his boat that lets the kids hold onto a bar on the side of the boat, rather than a rope behind the boat. So she tried that first to get the feel of being up on ski's. Then she tried the real thing. By the end of the trip she was a pro. She wasn't jumping the wake or anything yet, but we have to leave room for improvement next year. I wish I would have been there to see her, but I wasn't about to take 2 babies to Powell. The video's and pictures are great to see her at it though. Enjoy!

Getting in position

Good form

Coming back into the boat

Swimming in the lake

She waves in this one towards the end. Wait for it...it's pretty cute.