It's been a while since we had a good winter here. We had one snowstorm last year and not many the previous few years. I know it's weird, but I definitely missed the good snow. My kids did too.
As I said in my previous post, we had a snow day the day before our midwinter break, so we had 5 days off, including the weekend. Church was canceled for the morning wards because another snowstorm came through Sunday morning.
I took Austin and Erik sledding with friends on Thursday. Erik and I went again with different friends on Friday and Austin and Erik went on Saturday with friends. That time I didn't go and the other two days I went snowshoeing because I'm not interested in sledding anymore. I enjoyed my 2 days snowshoeing and was happy they could sled again on Saturday. Sunday, they built a snow fort with Kade. It's been a really long time since they could do that and they were so happy about it. Austin and Erik were very young the last time my kids did it. This time I didn't have to help them and they could use the ice scraper to help. Double bonus!
Monday I took them skiing/snowboarding. Jason had to work, but we just went an hour away. I opted to snowshoe again at a nearby state park. It was President's Day, so prices were higher and Kade wanted to take a snowboard lesson. I really enjoyed my snow hike and then reading/watching stuff in the lodge while they went down the slopes. It was probably good I didn't go up on the mountain that day because they said it felt colder than the last time when I got brain freezes! Erik's cheeks were very red despite his whole face being covered. My cheeks were red too, but I was working harder than I would have been on the slopes, so I was warm. And then I was done and in the lodge!
When we finally made it back to school the weather was still too cold to go out according to school policy for temps. Finally, on Friday, we could play outside at Red Bell. My students really enjoyed the little sled hill we have. I really enjoyed not having another indoor recess!
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| Day 1 of sledding. That big blob of kids is Erik, Austin, and their friends! |
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| It was a successful run down! |
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| We still ended up at the frozen lake, now that we know about it! |
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| The snow fort! |
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| My teens fit nicely in it! |
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| On my snowshoeing adventure! |
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| Warming up after skiing! |
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| The cats were very invested in this bunny! |
So pretty and so fun! Glad everyone enjoyed their time in the snow. (And so glad everyone was safe!)
ReplyDeleteYES! great seeing you all have an fun time and no injuries!
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