Looking for snow!

Hannah didn't have school today so we headed out for the hills! We wanted to get at least one more day of sledding in before we head to Texas (warm weather here we come!) It's been kind of warm the last few days (for winter in Utah anyway) and our normal parks don't have much snow on the hills anymore so we went up the canyon looking for snow. We were told there was great sledding up Trappers loop so we loaded up and headed off! When we got to Pineview we saw some parachutes over the water/ice so we stopped to see what was going on. When we got out of the car we saw two people para-skiing across the ice. We watched them for a while...it was really cool! Hannah and Wynnie told me that they wanted to try...I told them we would have to wait and see!

We headed back up the loop and found lots of snow, but no place where people were sledding so we headed back to the park in North Ogden that we went to last week. The hills we were on last week were now grass but the big hills on the east still had snow so we got to get our sledding in (finally!) We had fun...there was only one wipeout!

Here's a video of the para-skiers...really cool...we may just have to try this out someday!

Here's a picture of the wipeout...

Guess what we did today???

Is it really much of a guess?...I know you can hardly wait to find out...the suspense is killing you huh?...OK I'll tell you...today we went SLEDDING! Can you believe it?

We went with the Thompsons, the Birds, and the Harlans. The kids had a GREAT time (as always!) We went to a new hill up in North Ogden and it was fun! I really need to invest in some decent sleds for us if we are going to keep this up (3 times in one week!)

Sledding Part II

The girls have been dying to go sledding again and we had made plans to go with everyone (the Thomas', the Thompsons, the Harlans, the Birds, the Hansens) today but it was REALLY warm! We weren't sure if there would be any snow left on the hills but we needed to go to the store anyway (and I didn't want to break my kids hearts) so we decided to stop by and check...this meant it only ended up being the Thomas' and us but we had a great time! The grass was showing through in a couple of spots but it was still fun (and BONUS it was warm enough that we didn't freeze our fingers off!!) I think my girls were born to sled...they absolutely LOVE it!

SNOW fun!!!

Earlier today Mechelle called and wanted to know if the kids and I wanted to come play in the snow. We were knee deep in paint flecks and wall paper scraps (from scraping the walls in the girls room) so I told her probably not today. Around lunch time I was more than sick of scraping the walls so I called Mechelle and told her maybe we could go sledding after the kids took naps. When the kids woke up we headed off to sled--it was almost 4:30 so we had about an hour before sunset--which was more than enough time for our little ones! Sophie and Preston got cold and started crying so we spent some time in the car while the others finished sledding. Sophie LOVED sledding I think I just need to get her better gloves. Her hands were cold but it broke her heart to stop sledding and get in the car. She kept telling me "Go down, GO DOWN!" Hannah and Wynnie had a blast! They were sliding down the hill on their bottoms then they turned over onto their bellys and slid down like penguins--laughing all the way! Wynnie even grabbed one of the sleds and went down by herself! I couldn't believe it! It scared me at first. She was going so fast but Wynnie wasn't scared at all...you could hear her laughing the entire way down! Hannah even went down by herself.

I have to tell you a little about the sleds we have. A couple of years ago my dad gave them to us and now I know why--you start out going down the hill fine but no matter what you do the sled will turn itself around so you end up speeding down the hill backward! The girls loved it--it makes for a fun ride (personally I prefer seeing where I am going!)

Of course the tears came when it was time to go! I think the girls would have stayed there all night if we would have let them! We will definitely go again!

Mom was nice enough to make hot chocolate for us so we stopped by her house when we were done. Even with all the wall paper scrapping it turned out to be a great day!