Snow Day!

We took a Friday off and drove up to the mountains. Shanon and Erik were off work and we met them, Kai and Ava at a ski resort near Big Bear. It had rained a lot in recent weeks, so snow chains were a must. We borrowed one of their trucks and headed up. The roads ended up being really clear and no one ever checked to see if we had chains, but oh well. Better safe than sorry. After one little barf (Lily), one bad turn and a freakish run in with a mountain man, (think young neighbor from the creepy house in The Burbs) we made it. Just seeing the kids in snow clothes was worth the trip. They were so excited about the boots. We got lift tickets for the sledding area and headed up. Shanon and Erik had staked out a great table and we were set. The first few trips don the mountain were crazy. We went so fast! When we tried to slow down or steer with our feet, the kids got blasted in the face with snow. Lily was with me and just screaming with her hands over her face. I was cracking up! Once we figured out how to direct our feet, it was all good. Matt said that Ben just screamed "YESSSSSSSS" the whole way down! They loved the lift too and sat very still, thankfully. Lily kept asking me things like, "where do they get all this snow?" "Where do they put everything at night?" I thought she meant the sleds, so I told her, "over there in that shed." She meant EVERYTHING, skis, sleds, and the snow. Silly bunny. To be continued........

Lily and Kai with the snowman that Matt and Lily made.

We spent a lot of time on this mound. We got kicked off though because it was actually snow plowed from the lot and not the cleanest. Oops.