Skating, Skiing, and Sledding

We've been busy with all sorts of fun activities this past week!  Last Thursday our church had a family skate night at a local roller skating rink which was a lot of fun.  On Monday, I took Alina up for a day of ski lessons and skied a half day myself.  Then yesterday, we went up to Old Powderhorn as a family for some sledding.  Its been fun, but  I'm also getting pretty tired. Here's some pictures from our fun adventures.

Justin roller skating (all these pics turned out a bit blurry, sorry)

Our friends Brittany and Judah

 Nate thought it was more fun to carry his skates around than actually skate.  He tried it a little bit but gave up pretty quickly.  Alina really ended up liking it and has asked to go again!

 

Monday was a perfect day for skiing!  The weather was beautiful and there was hardly anyone up there.  Alina did a good job in her lessons, but was pretty tired by the end of the day.  I worked in the lodge on some papers the first half of the day, but couldn't resist and skied the second half.

 Riding the "magic carpet"

Yesterday we went up to Old Powderhorn for some sledding. It turned out to be a good day for that as well.  We like to go during school hours so there aren't any people up there really.  It is a bit of a long drive for only sledding for like 30-40 minutes, but we all had fun.  It snowed for a bit while we were up there, so that was fun too.

Someone made this "igloo" up there and it was pretty neat.  The kids were too scared to climb in the "monster's mouth" they said, so I did instead:)

This was Nate the whole time it was snowing, he just wanted to catch snowflakes with his mouth:) He isn't screaming or crying in the pic below, he's catching snowflakes!

They only like to ride with Daddy:( 

As much fun as winter is here, I'm pretty excited about the spring weather down in the valley.  Ready to plant and play outside more!