Behind our bay is a baseball park that has hills by every diamond for spectators to see the whole field during a game. In winter, they become great little sledding hills! Dustin hauled out the old 'Bravo' snowmobile (the one he uses to pull the kids on their GT snow racers) and we all headed over to the park. The boys doubled up on their GT and I rode behind Dustin on the snowmobile. (Yes, even me.... Mrs. Anti-anything-outside-in-winter!) The park is definitely within walking distance, but it's not a cleared path, so we opted for the machine to avoid tiring ourselves out trudging through the snow before we even got there.
Zach flew down the hill on his new sled a few times, and then we realized someone had built some "jumps"!! He spent the rest of the time trying to hit the jumps and become air-born! (harder that it seems since the sled never went straight down the hill!) With some pretty nasty looking wipe-outs, he was laughing and giggling the entire time. Some things about boys I will never understand!
Brad worked on balance with his new snowboard, and patience too. By the time we left the park, he was managing to get all the way down the hill though, and Dustin and I cheered him on enthusiastically! Dustin likes to tease me that our kids do not get their "grace" from me ... I don't think I'm that clumsy, but I'll agree that Dustin has a lot more talent in the grace area of life.
With fingers tingling, noses frozen, but smiles on all our faces, we headed home after a while and enjoyed some hot chocolate. It was "snow much fun"... even for me, someone who hates winter:)
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