Last weekend my Uncle Ben and Aunt Lin hosted an amazing sledding party at their cabin in Cascade. With several inches of fresh snow on the ground, their timing couldn't have been more perfect! We ended up with quite a crowd which made for a thoroughly entertaining afternoon! We did some serious sledding but that was about the only serious thing about our afternoon together! Our family get-togethers certainly tend to be filled with a great deal of laughter! Ben and Lin are terrific hosts and made sure that all of us were thoroughly entertained and completely stuffed! Fortunately they play hard and, if you are lucky enough to be in on one of their adventures, they will make sure you get to play hard too! In fact, I started calling Uncle Ben the Sled Natzi If he happened to catch you standing around at the top of the hill, he seriously encouraged you to scoot your bottom down that hill in a hurry! There was no point in arguing with him. You learned to just grab a sled and bomb down the hill! Fun is not optional when Uncle Ben is around--its a guarantee!
Before heading out to the hill, we roasted hot dogs over a fire out front and
ate bowls of Mom's homemade chili! Yummy!
And Makayla absolutely fell in LOVE with Molly!
MAKAYLA, MOLLY AND AUNT LIN
THREE OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE GIRLS
She completely skipped lunch to love on the puppy!
We are SO related!
I had to wait until she finally went outside before I got a turn!
AUNT LIN AND CLAIRE
Claire said, "Aunt Lin scares me" which we all thought was hilarious!
Including Aunt Lin! Claire is just too funny! My aunt is so wonderful and sweet!
And she is so much FUN too!
After all that eating, loving and laughing we were ready to sled!
MAKAYLA AND GARRETT
HEADED TO THE BIG HILL
THE BIG KIDS HITCHED A RIDE TOO!
DAD AND I
LET THE SLEDDING BEGIN!
UNCLE BEN AND AUNT LIN
XARA AND COUSIN ANGIE
GARRETT, MAKAYLA AND PAPA
COUSIN BILLY AND HIS SON CORBIN
DAD
DAD CRASHING!
GARRETT AND I GETTING A BIG PUSH FROM UNCLE BEN!
BILLY AND CORBIN
AUNT LIN AND GRANDMA HELEN
ANGIE, AUNT LIN AND LIBBY THE NEIGHBOR DOG
ME HOOFING IT BACK UP THE HILL!
WHILE THE FOUR-WHEELER . . .
TOWED ALL THE KIDS BACK UP!
AT THE END OF OUR TWO HOURS OF SLEDDING, I WAS A TIRED GIRL!
BEFORE WE ALL WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS, THEIR WERE SMORES TO BE ROASTED!
THIS IS UNCLE BEN'S RACK OF MARSHMALLOWS!
LAURA DIDN'T GET TO GO SLEDDING.
THIS GIGANTIC BELLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT!
SO I HAD MY TRADITIONAL TALK WITH MY NEPHEW AND ASKED IF HE COULD COME OUT AND PLAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!! HE WAS BORN LESS THAN 12 HOURS LATER!
I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT GRANDMA HELEN IS THE FIRST PERSON I KNOW
WHO TAKES MORE PICTURES THAN I DO!
THANK YOU UNCLE BEN AND AUNT LIN FOR THE WONDERFUL AFTERNOON!
NOW I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF WINTER ALREADY!
BRING ON SPRING!!!
