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| The Cabinet |
Okay, well it wasn't really a snowmageddon, but that just makes it a much cooler title, although as you can see from the picture to the right, there was plenty of snow for us to enjoy during our annual trip to our dear and longtime friends, the Downs' cabin, or the 'Cabinet' as it has come to be known. This photo was actually taken on the Sunday of our long Presidents' Day weekend. We went up Friday night and then spent most of Saturday cozy inside the cabin since it was raining most of the day, which really doesn't make being outside much fun. I finally had to force Justin and Owen (Hannah still refused) to go outside to "enjoy" the snow/slush for awhile. Thankfully that rain turned into snow overnight, leaving a nice fresh layer of snow for the rest of our weekend. Sunday, the kids got in a snowball fight with dad and two trips to the sledding hill, which used to be a short walk away but has now turned into a 'lazy' snowmobile ride away. The first trip wasn't the best due to the fresh layer of snow, which was very sticky and not conducive to the high speed sledding that the kids desire. The second trip was actually a night sledding trip, which has become a new, although yet to be determined safe, activity. The women abstained from this trip but were told that there were many crashes and burns with heads and other body parts being skid across the now much faster snow and ice. Although, all the kids did come back happy and exclaiming that night sledding is very fun.
Before we packed up for the trek home on Monday, we got in one last trip to the sledding hill. This time the snow was much faster much to the kids' delight.
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| The Downs and Lough kids on the sledding hill |
The kids' favorite thing to do every year is to form sledding trains coming down the hill. They will come up with every combination of who is in front and back and also sometimes just form a circle rather than a line, which I believe was the intention in the photos to the left and below. I'm absolutely amazed that there have never been any major injuries with a boot to the face or some such thing, but thankfully there hasn't been-still the only major injury during a trip has been the infamous snow shovel to Hannah's forehead.
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| Owen is holding onto Justin for dear life |
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After officially taking a snowboarding lesson this winter, Justin is even more
adept at even his cheap plastic snowboard. |
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| Whee! |
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| Hannah nearly takes some tree branches to the face. |
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| More Whee! |
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| All pile on the snowmobile for the ride back to the cabin. |
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Had to get a nice photo of all of us with Hannah's perfectly shaped, although faceless snowman.
He is a Coug fan, though! |
All My Snow Angels!
Finally, I wanted to show a photo of the 'Cabinet' mascot, Sunday, the Bernese Mt. dog. This big bear of a dog is totally at home just sitting out on the porch in the snow, watching the continuous flow of snowshoers go by as they stop and stare at him and just gawk at his shear massiveness. Despite his size, Sunday, is the gentle-est of dogs and such a sweetheart.
Well, there it is--my February installment of my blog. I barely made it and nearly broke my resolution just one month in, but I made it. So until March...
TTFN--Ta Ta For Now
Finally, I wanted to show a photo of the 'Cabinet' mascot, Sunday, the Bernese Mt. dog. This big bear of a dog is totally at home just sitting out on the porch in the snow, watching the continuous flow of snowshoers go by as they stop and stare at him and just gawk at his shear massiveness. Despite his size, Sunday, is the gentle-est of dogs and such a sweetheart. 
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