We Found Snow Anyway...

Normally on a Christmas trip to Minnesota, we typically hit snowy weather beginning somewhere  around Kansas City, KA.  And it keeps getting more plentiful by the time we reach Minnesota.  For the first time in my memory however, we drove up to Minnesota and pulled in to my parents' driveway this year only to find a light amount of snow on the ground.  Granted, coming from Texas, the boys found even that little amount of snow too exciting for words.  They even grabbed sleds from the garage and went down the hill in the back yard one morning.

Well, one day (while my poor Dad was still dealing with problems from his concussion), A.J. and I took the boys to Powder Ridge for an afternoon of tubing.  I had forgotten all about Powder Ridge until my Dad had mentioned it to us the day we arrived at their house.  Oh what fun! We all had a blast at our mini-getaway (thanks Dad & Mom!).  Next time we're in town we've already discussed that we'd love to get the boys some basic ski lessons and then take them out on the little tiny hills.  I think they'd get the biggest kick out of it.

On the way up...

...getting ready for the [almost] 45 second slide down!

And, for your viewing pleasure...