Sledding Fun

Liv had been begging to go sledding forever and the weather never permitted it on a day we could take her. Finally, the Saturday after Christmas we planned to go. It was supposed to be in the mid 40s and possibly rainy, but we were optomistic. Well, Liv woke up early at 5:45, and Brad was already up. He got her all ready in her snow gear and took her outside to shovel the driveway with him (she was stoked to get to use the new little snow shovel she got from Santa). Then, somewhere around 6:15 I was all wrapped up warmly under my covers.....in that great state where you are half sleeping and half awake, enjoying bed and knowing that you don't have to be awake yet. Brad came rushing into the room to say, "Hey Bets, um.... the weather is perfect and Liv and I are already dressed in our snow clothes....you want to go sledding right now??" This is one of my favorite things about Brad, He can be so fun. I hopped out of bed, we woke up Gwen. I got dressed as he got her dressed, and we headed out for a morning of sledding fun. The weather was perfect and the girls LOVED it. Luckily we took the chance when we could, because just as we left it started raining and we never would have been able to go that day.
This is a view of where we were. It is a park just by the river. So, just beyond our car drops down to the river and then what you can see is our quaint old down town on the other side.