Pine Valley

In February we took the youth from our ward up to my family's cabin in Pine Valley. Although we didn't have the girls with us, (thanks to Kaylene for staying over and taking them), I'm not sure we got any more sleep than we would have if we stayed home!! But the girls were very sad not to be able to go to great grandpa's house so we decided that since we had a free weekend in March, we'd go back and take the girls to play in the snow. So we invited our friends, the Ludwigs, made a few meal arrangements and headed out.

Here's what the snow looked like when we showed up. There's nothing prettier than new fallen snow.

5 minutes it looked like this and only got worse as the day and night went on. A couple years ago we went up to Mt. Charleston and played in the snow up there, but this was nothing compared to that. Ethan couldn't wait to get up to the snow and throw snowballs at Dave again.

The building of the snow "princess." There were more girls than boys so Ethan was outvoted and she became the snow princess.
I love this smile! Such a cutie.

Nice shot. Apparently me holding Addison wasn't off-limits enough for Katelyn.
Kelsey and the snow princess.
Family picture in all her glory. Yes, that's lipstick she has on.
The next morning we headed up to the resevoir for some tubing. We went for the not so steep hill for the kids, but it was still plenty fast for them. They all loved it.
Katelyn wasn't afraid to do it. She'll try anything. No fear!
Once Kelsey got the hang of it, she thought she'd try head first.

Here comes Katelyn again.



Katelyn sliding down.

Kelsey sliding down. I love her squeal at the end.

Ready for a snowball fight, dad?
Here's the reservoir we fish in the summer. Completely frozen over, but we weren't sure how thick the ice was so those are not our footprints. The drive home. What a great trip!! Thanks for coming with us, guys. Sure was a lot of fun.