Living up to our "adventurous spirits" and taking advantage of our location, we have decided to conquer a new hobby - downhill skiing!  Today we went to Crystal Mountain (which is a part of Mt. Rainer) and took a beginner's ski lesson.  Our 4 hour lesson was technically a "group" lesson, however was pretty much a private lesson, bonus!!  Our instructor - Rick - was an older man who was very wise and taught us a lot, and made us laugh a lot.  We started off our day as complete novices, and ended our day with the green light from Rick to conquer some intermediate slopes.  Which is a lot better than one of our lesson mates who was still falling at the end of the day!  All in all, it was a wonderful day, and we had an OUTSTANDING time.  This is defintely another hobby for our list.  Megan is trying to post a picture or two, hopefully she can figure it out   ps. Hey Mom - I think I have finially conquered my fear of going downhill fast (thanks to that nasty little scooter accident on Watertower Hill) - the key is staying in control