Let it SNOW, Let it SNOW, Let it SNOW

On Friday, December 28, 2012 it snowed over night.  It's the first real snow we've had in two year.  Last year we got a dusting but it wasn't enough to cancel school or even enough to sled.

 

The house covered in snow (even though it was only 3 inches)

So Saturday we took the kids to the "Big Hill" to sled with friends, Alex and Aaron Green.

Marissa on the snow board

Two years ago Robert bought a snow board for his birthday (February) but as soon as he bought it, it stopped snowing, so this was the first time he had a chance to use his snow board.  He was very kind and shared it with his sisters, Marissa and Jessica.  Here's Marissa going down the hill.

Marissa on the sled

Jessica on the snow board
She loved it!

Robert coming up the hill after a great run!
AWESOME!
He is a natural on the snow board

Jessica coming up the hill after a great run!
She loves it!

Marissa coming up the hill
Well prepared for the cold weather.

Everyone:  Jessica, Marissa, Alex, Robert and Aaron
Ready for the big race!

Marissa takes the lead, with Robert a close second.
Robert won - he's on the snow board

Mommy loved being out with the kids.
Sledding was so fun!

Jessica on another run … go Jessica :)

Devon coming back from a fantastic run
Super fast

Devon came a little after everyone else with Dad.  He, and his brilliant mind, immediately set off to building a snow ramp to make the hill more fun.  The more we went down, the more the snow was disappearing so he would collect huge snow balls (2 feet wide) and carry them to the sign of the ramp (and the area before the ramp) to make an awesome ramp for sledding.  From this point on Betsy switched to video to capture the full extent of the fun.