Post-Christmas, we gathered with my sister's family, Brant's parents, and my dad (my mom had to work), and headed up to Mt. Hood, tubes in hand, to find some snow. We were
not disappointed!
Our kids had known about this planned adventure prior to driving up for the holiday, and had been talking of little else. These California babes of ours were ready to dawn their borrowed winter coats, boots, bibs, scarves, hats and gloves, and dive into the white fluffy snow!
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| No time to waste - he's ready! |
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| My snow bunny. |
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| Let's do this, Dad! |
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| Four cousins, who were "patiently" waiting for the grown-ups to blow up tubes and put on our winter gear. |
The art of putting on snow gear and blowing up tubes, while the snow is falling, the temperature is in the 20's and kids are restless to get going, is no easy task. We worked as quickly as we could, and hit the hills!
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| Ready for his first launch on the disc! |
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| Red cheeks, not from sunshine! |
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| Martha, Sarah and Joy, huddled up and watching the first round of sledding take place. |
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| Post-slide down the hill. It was hilariously awkward and fun! |
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| My dad giving Dale a boost down the hill. |
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| We loved it all! |
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| Mount Hood, peaking through the falling snow. This picture doesn't do it justice; it was stunning. |
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| Joy and her mama, about to take their first trip down the hill! |
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| There they go! |
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| Maddie's up. |
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| Martha decided she wasn't going to miss out on the fun, and went down the hill, too, which we made sure to document! ;) |
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| The whole gang. We really had so much fun! |
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| Family love. |
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| The snow just kept coming down. |
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| Dad, with his girls - we missed Mom, though! |
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| Since we're in the spirit of group photos, why not? |
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| Snowy, wet, cold, and having WAY too much fun! |
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| Sarah, Tim, Ellie, Ben and Joy. |
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| The snow with occasional lighter cloud cover made for dynamic scenery! |
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| Its an illusion...I'm not actually laying down, I'm hanging on to the side of a steep slope. |
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| And then, after I was threatened to be pushed over the side, I voluntarily slipped down. |
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| Brant, Martha, Dale and my Dad, waaaay up there. |
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| My dad dared Brant to go down on a tube, and he couldn't pass down the challenge. |
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| He went super fast, and survived! |
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| The "White River," which was located not far from where Brant's tube came to a halt. Whew! |
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| Just about down with our adventure...check out the frozen snow all over this child. |
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| Grandpa Pat with Baby Joy. |
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| Grandpa Pat with all of his snowy grandkids - lucky man! |
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| We ended our fun day with a feast at Sarah's house, and my mom was able to join and hear all about our wonderful adventure! What a great day! |
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