First Snow & Tubing!!!!

My mom and I went running around 9am this morning and right when we were done it started to snow. It snowed almost all day, so we let the little man out for a few minutes to check it out. It was the first time he'd seen snow falling. He kept yelling "raining!" and saying, "bite" because he wanted to eat the snow. His expressions were priceless.


Didn't quite get why his eyelashes were getting so wet


Eating the snow



After Andrew's trip outside we ditched the little man and headed up to Soldier's Hollow with the Buskirks/Johnsons to go tubing. This tubing trip has become a new annual tradition after the success of last year's trip. (Thanks mom & dad for watching Andrew!!!)

Randy had to work :( so my sister Jess was invited to come along.

Jess & Kristina

K&K

Buskirks (and some random boys posing in the back)

Jess, Kevin, Allen, Kate and I all went down hooked together.
We went so fast bc of all the weight we almost wound up in the parking lot.

Shari, Shauna, Kev, Allen

On our last run we all hooked together (all 14 of us) and went down the mountain in one big heap. I am sad I didn't get a picture on the way down because Liesl flew off her tube and was dragged backwards on her back (holding on to 5 other ropes) in the middle of all the tubes. We are glad she didn't get hurt. It was funny and scary to watch as she sailed down the hill hitting every bump without any protection.


The day ended with the usual trip to Dairy Keen for fries, burgers, shakes, hot cocoa, and checking out the trains. We will all be getting to bed early! We are exhausted and stuffed!!


Shari, thanks for such a fun day!!