Sledding (Jan 2nd)

Ok, so I lied about the last post being the last one from our trip to Montana. We spent the day after New Years sledding. Chris had only been sledding once before, and of course John had never been, so we had to go! :o) The boys went to buy sleds and then we hit the hills. We went to Peet's Hill, a hill that was "off limits" to us when we were little, b/c it really was kind of dangerous. People would sled down the hill and into the street, and actually one person got killed from it. Many people got seriously injured on it. It is a huge hill, often very icy, with some serious bumps, allowing a person to catch some serious air, or as we quickly learned out cause some serious pain for our old bones! We were the only ones on the hill, which was very nice. John seemed neither excited, nor scared about sliding down a hill. He just took it all in stride.


Hanging out with Aunt Sarah while Daddy & Uncle Dave sled


1st time on a sled. Look how thrilled John is!


Hanging out with Daddy just prior to riding on the sled with him. Notice daddy has some nice facial hair going!


Aunt Sarah & I racing


Uncle Dave & Aunt Sarah sharing a sled

...and wiping out


Daddy & Mommy wiping out!

After about an hour of our butt bones getting reinjured, we decided to see if we could find a softer hill. We went to where we always did as kids, Lindley Park, but the hills didn't seem as grandiose as they did when we were little, so we checked out the hospital hills. To our surprise, there was a manmade hill. The man and his daughters who created it were there, checking it out, and they let us sled down it. The boys & Sarah enjoyed racing to see who could get the most distance after they reached the bottom of the hill, while I watched John as he napped. Then Sarah & I switched, so I was able to bring the video camera to Dave to capture some pretty fun moments, including me wiping out big time, running smack dab into a wooden pole. Unfortunately, I don't know how to transfer a VHS film to here, so you'll just have to imagine it. After that we met Grandma & Grandpa for lunch:


1st time in a highchair

Exhaustion takes over!


Then we went out to visit Patty Heumier. She let out her bird, and John found it super interesting. So did the boys. The bird started "attacking" Chris, and got him giggling like crazy.


Here daddy is being a pirate!

For more pictures of our fun day see: http://picasaweb.google.com/armyforchrist/Sledding