Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Holiday Sledding

 We were up bright and early the day after Christmas to go sledding with the cousins.  Due to some recent storms we knew there would be plenty of snow in our local recreation area.  These two were very excited to go - Heidi changed her hat and glasses at least 10 times before we left!



 We started out driving all the way to the top - the road and views were beautiful.  We didn't stay long, though, the roads are not maintained and there were many, many people headed up, not really prepared for the conditions and getting stuck in the parking lot and we didn't want to get blocked in.  So we headed down to the lower sledding area - which was protected from the wind - another advantage!


 All 6 of the kiddos on the Curtis side of the family were there - but most of my pictures are of Heidi and Lauren as they stayed on the 'little' hill where I was.
















 Notice how Heidi's death grip is blocking Lauren's face entirely :)





It was a perfect day for sledding - not too hot, not too cold, just a bit of sunshine and plenty of snow and an almost empty sledding hill (most people don't know you just need to walk up the trail a little bit to the best sledding and sled on a tiny, bumpy hill by the parking lot).  And the best part was, the kids were totally worn out for the family party in the evening!

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