This week we have been blessed with some amazingly beautiful sunshiny days. It just calls you to come out and enjoy the lovely warm rays. So we did. Tuesday we went over to Cottage Grove and went sledding with some dear friends of ours on a hill near their place. It is a little longer than our hill and kids had made jumps in different places along it. Travis enjoyed the jumps. He and Beatrice went over them many, many times. I avoided them. Gregory and I were a sledding team, we didn't ever use the same sled but we tried to go at the same time always. Margaret hit a jump just wrong and ended up with a sore back and bum for the rest of the evening. I was worried she might not sit well for awhile but it seemed to be better by morning.
Today we went out on our hill. There was a slick surface from back when it rained on the snow at the top of the hill so the kids called it their luge. It went pretty fast and they rode their sleds in the appropriate manner of course.
Today we went out on our hill. There was a slick surface from back when it rained on the snow at the top of the hill so the kids called it their luge. It went pretty fast and they rode their sleds in the appropriate manner of course. 
Harrison tends to be a pretty cautious snowboarder. Wanting the conditions to be just right, nice fluffy snow. He decided to give it a try anyhow on the luge since we have been watching some Olympic events in the evenings. He made it to the bottom of the hill and beyond standing tall! I can only make it half way down standing on the snowboards. It is very disappointing, and I only try on the softer, slower snow. We watched the women's skeleton this evening. It brought a lot of wonderful memories back to me of runner sledding down the road. I wish my kids could have that sort of fun. For hours at night going up and down that hill. I never let my kids play out that long by themselves, I worry to much and that road isn't usable for sledding now either, they keep it far to sanded. Better to drive on I know but it ruins the fun. Oh well. Tubing and basic plastic sleds are great fun too.
Unfortunately I took no pictures this week so these are from earlier times this winter.
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I was missing runner sledding on the road this winter. When we had our ice storm it made me think of those nights going down the road.
I went down not too long ago (last year or the year before.) It's FAR scarier now that I have some sense in my head!!! :) The kids have gone twice this year though with someone standing guard at the bottom.
It is amazing what our parents let us do! Mom and Dad would never let our kids do what we did! :-) Ken, Keren, Mara, Jonathan and a Korean student and I went downhill skiing last night. It was fun but Mara crashed at the end and felt pretty miserable for a while. I think she hit her head pretty bad. She even threw up. Jonathan is still preparing for the olympics but very cautiously! We were impressed at how slowly he could go down hills.
He did go over a little jump several times and thought that was pretty cool.
After your ice storm you could have just used your bottoms!
I am glad to know that it is still possible to go down the hill. Maybe we can sometime.
Mom said Mara was pretty hurt. That is to bad. How does Jonathon go slow and stay upright?
He does the pie shape thing with his skis and it works very well for him. I needed to teach it to Mara better, but she seemed to be doing well so I just let her go.
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