Daddy Daughter Day

I bet you thought that that there were no mountains in the mid-west. Well, you are right, but they do have some killer landfills. And where there are landfills, you know there are ski-"hills". Mike took Mads on a Daddy Daughter date today to Swiss Valley. Our local Ski hill. According to their website, they are the best skiing in Michigan... Impressive.
Here are some pictures/videos of Mads on her first day of skiing ever. Surprisingly, she caught on even more quickly than the older men dressed in Levi's and hunting gear. That's my girl. She did fantastic, and took to skiing like she did to swimming. She only spent one hour on the bunny hill, and the rest of the day on the "blue circles". Her Grandma would be proud.

Thawing our feet in the Lodge


Everyone has to eat snow at least once when they ski.


Mastering the chairlift.


Cheesing it up for the camera with her "sweet" Goodwill special glasses.




Learning to ski is all about pizza and a steering wheel.

When Mads was guessing where she was going with her dad today. I told her that she was not even going to stay in Indiana. She asked if she was going to Mishawaka(the town right next to South Bend), Chicago, and then when I told her no she asked me what state was below Indiana. I said, "I think it's Kentucky". Mads said, " Are we going to Ken@#%$y?" I said, "go ask your dad". After Mads asked her dad if they were going "there", he said, "Well... that is one way to pronounce it! But I recommend using a "T" instead of an "F". And no, we are not going there."

Check Mad's blog for more pictures and videos.