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Tag: Jacob
Last day of the ski season 2021
It’s the first day of spring!
Trollhaugen’s 2020-2021 season ends tomorrow, but Jake and Shecklet #2 are calling today their final time out. We definitely used our family pass this winter!
Shecklet #2 spent countless hours at the terrain park and his ski jump skills continue to develop. (He can tell you all of the correct terminology for skiing off jumps.) I’m just grateful he hasn’t landed in a way that requires (another) trip to the ER.
There was a pond skip at 2pm and Shecklet #2 planned to give it a try.
Here’s the approach.
And his first attempt.
The third attempt resulted in him losing his skis at the end of the pond, but reports from his dad said he was just fine.
Time lapse chairlift & run
Jake went to Trollhaugen solo tonight and he recorded what the snow conditions looked like.
Friday night skiing
Not even two left mittens can stop this kid from a fun night out skiing with her dad at Trollhaugen.
Decisions, decisions!
Apparently she chose the black diamond, Jumping Judy, and went down several times! I imagine her dad is pretty proud of her!
Subzero grilling 🥩
Not even a below zero temp/wind chill can stop this guy from grilling. He’s a devoted grill master.
Lullaby 🎶
When you tell the Amazon echo dot to make an announcement, it will sometimes preface your announcement with a sound. We knew this from announcing “dinner time!” which is preceded by a dinner bell ringing.
Last night Jake and I were sitting at the table with the boys (the girls were in bed) and we could hear noise from upstairs that didn’t sound like sleeping. Jake told the echo dot to announce, “go to bed.” Little did we know, that phrase triggered a gentle lullaby tune before the “dad voice” announcement, “go to bed.” The four of us looked at each other couldn’t stop laughing.
Sledding with friends 🛷
We spent the afternoon with friends (birthday party, pizza, sledding, and pie. The hill by their house went two directions – one way was steeper than the other, so the big kids built a jump on the steeper side, of course.
3 year ANniversary
Three years ago I laid down on an operating table and put complete trust in my surgical team to remove the tumor pushing on my brain.
Today, I celebrated my 3rd ANniversary (AN=acoustic neuroma) on the slopes with my family, snowboarding for the first time post-op. (And first time in 11 years!)
Post-op life continues to be a blessing – in spite of many challenges that have taken place. (Not just surgery side-effects.) As a simple reminder note to myself: some of the things I still deal with are the same as what I faced immediately after surgery – SSD, sense of taste gone on half of my tongue, and my right eye doesn’t close as much as my left when I smile. Fatigue is still present and I take naps several days a week. I think a lot of it has to do with my brain filtering noise – tinnitus as well as household noise. I’m grateful to have a family that continues to understand that resting is something I simply need in order to have the energy to make it through the day.
A few individuals remembered this ANniversary and reached out to me this year. I’m grateful that they have done so. 01/23/2018 was a life-changing day for me and the support my family received leading up to it and after it will never be forgotten.
Little skier 🎿
The fourth Shecklet hit the slopes for the first time today!
The tow rope wasn’t of interest to her, so they stuck to the chairlifts. That meant they could explore more terrain than just the bunny hill.
Jake said the jumps call to her. Sounds like she’s following in her older brother’s (Shecklet #2’s) footsteps. Or maybe I should say, ski tracks ⛷
Uncle & Nephew
During a brief shopping date to Fleet Farm, Jake came across this bowl and it reminded him of a photo of our nephew from last year.
We also have this photo of Shecklet #1 from when he was a similar age to our nephew. ☺️
And this one from Shecklet #3 taken when she was about 8 months old.
