Snow trip

We were invited by our friends to go to their cabin again. This time to enjoy the snow season. We drove up early Friday to meet them there, only to find out that they hadn't left as early as planned. We arrived a few hours before then, and since there was snow still on the ground, the kids got dressed for the snow and began to sled. There is a nice steep driveway up to the cabin which made a perfect hill for sledding.

Jamie after a run

Mackenzie

Hannah going down with Katelyn

Adam

Mackenzie taking Laurel for a ride

Derek and Samantha. Samantha loved playing in the snow!

Katelyn and Laurel
Katelyn loved it outside, but didn't seem to enjoy being bundled up in such bulky clothes.

the little snowman that the big girls made

Eventually our friend's came and after lunch they took everyone but myself and the nappers, to a larger hill to sled on. They were gone for a quite a few hours and came home tired and cold, but had a great time. During the afternoon, the snow began to fall and it just kept going through the night. It was so fun to see that much snow again, and to sit cozily in a cabin with a book in hand, watching the snow fall outside the window.

When we woke up the next morning, this is the sight we saw:

view from cabin door

our white van is under there somewhere

The kids were super excited to get out and get sledding again. They had to run a few times before the snow started packing better for sledding, but they had so much fun. Derek was concerned about getting out, since much of the nieghborhood roads would be going up on the way out. Our tires are not snow tires and we hadn't been able to find any chains that supposedly would work with our tires. Our friends assured us that the snowplow would come through, but the problem was the continual snowing that would cover the roads again.

Before lunch, the snowplow came through. Since it was still snowing, Derek said it was time to pack up and head out before we got stuck there another day or two. We had planned to go home Saturday night, so this was half a day early. The children were quite disappointed, but we got everything packed and cleaned in about an hour.

We tried to make the trip home fun by stopping to eat out and then visiting a Cheese factory on the way. The kids got to feed the goats and Derek got to enjoy some goats milk curds. They were a great snack on the drive home.

Though the trip was short, it was fun. We got plenty of snow packed into our visit!