Some time in February we decided to go visit Adam’s parents in Soda Springs Idaho. It’s a four hour drive for us from here in Boise. It sounded really nice to relax for a long weekend, and we knew they had snow there, so we would be able to play! Pa started piling up snow in front of the house so the kids would have a big pile to play in.
First they had a great time being pulled behind the ATV.
Spencer could not keep his hat on straight. It was cracking me up! And there’s my sweet Ben.
My snow angel Emma. And you can see how high the snow was piled in front of the house.
The idea was, that Pa and Adam were going to build a sledding hill for the kids. So there’s Pa starting to work on it.
Here’s Pa giving the sledding hill a try. It wasn’t quite steep enough at first, so Adam had to give him a push start. It didn’t work so well. :)
Then Adam walked up the hill to say hi to Emma, and fell in! Good Pa had to help him out, and down they both went! I was laughing pretty hard! If you look at this set of pictures and the ones right before, you will notice Pa and Adam both end up laying in the snow. This is how most of their projects together go – both of them, figuratively, in the snow, and me on the side lines cracking up! They are too fun to watch together.
Here is Pa testing out the sledding hill again after some modifications. He will demonstrate proper sledding technique. First, you sit on the sled. Second you…uh, this isn’t looking right. I don’t know that on your back is the best sledding position…
Oh no, he’s off the course and onto the driveway! Sweet Pa, he’s so much fun. And that sled was really awfully slick!
Pa worked really hard to get the sledding hill just right. So a couple more test runs and it was ready.
The next day was sunny and beautiful, the sledding hill was complete, and we all had so much fun! The sledding hill didn’t melt away for a couple months, so apparently all the neighbor kids would come over and use it after we left. How fun is that!
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