Let's Go To The Snow:)

All winter Haley and Abby have been dying to go to the snow.  I, personally, I am not a fan of the snow, much less snow with children.  All I could imagine was putting gloves on, taking gloves off.  Putting snowsuits on, having to make potty runs.  Oh, and freezing, freezing, freezing.  But, I finally put my own feelings about the snow aside, and we made the trip to Oakhurst, which is near Yosemite.  It was the perfect place to go because there wasn't snow at our hotel, but there was snow about 15 minutes up the road, plus, it's only about a 3 1/2 hour drive from home, which is pretty doable.  We had some friends who were going to be there as well, which was really fun.

The snow wasn't quite what the girls were expecting (there was some crying about wanting to see "real snow").  It wasn't fluffy and powdery and falling down in big, intricate snowflakes like on the cartoons.  They were able to get over it, though, and have a great time.  Seth didn't seem to mind it so much either, even though the poor kid could hardly move around in his huge snowsuit.  We tried to get in all the snow activities.

We made snow angels:

 

We tromped through the forest:

 

with their friend, Micah

We went sledding:

 

 

with Jadon and Aubrey

There was a snow nap:

 

A snow picnic:

 

  

We didn't make a snowman, because the snow was pretty icey, but we did decorate an abandoned one:

 

And, of course, we made snowballs.  Thankfully, Auntie Dana had a wonderful snowball maker:

 

Of course there were tears (never a shortage of those), a lost boot, nights lacking sleep, and a lot of wet clothes, but it was pretty fun.  I'm glad we did it and am willing to do it again next year:)