It was such a nice weekend. It was Carter's first trip up there, both kids did great on the drive up. When we told Haylee we were going up, all she wanted to do once we got there was to go sledding. So, once we got settled in, we suited her up, and headed outside. She did great and had a blast.
Erin and Ryan came up as well, and they came out to enjoy the fun with us. After going down the walkway more times that I care to remember, my dad told us that friends of the partners had found a hill behind the house that was great for sledding. Byron, Dad, Haylee and myself all set out to find it. We found a clearing that we thought was it and set out to make it a good sledding hill. The snow was waist deep in some areas, which made it really difficult for Haylee to walk around in. She was a great sport in waiting for mommy, daddy and umpa to get a path for the sled. After a bit, our small scale sled hill turned into, "lets see if we can go from the top of this hill all the way down to the house" hill. Haylee was freezing, and my siblings were finally awake, so Haylee went in with Byron while the rest of us went to work on the hill.
We have nicknamed the sledding hill the "Denning Luge". This path was INSANE! Erin and I were going down the hill so fast that we couldn't start from the top of the hill because we would fly off the course! It was such a great time and we spent hours getting it right. We managed to make the path go from the top of the hill all the way to the house. We had to make a jump so that we would stop running into the fire pit! (Safety first!) It was such a great time.
Byron was able to sneak out and take some videos of us going down the hill.
This is the first successful run on the Denning Luge:
Dad tried as best as he could and was a great sport in trying to go down the luge, but he couldn't quite get it...he kept falling over wen he hit the turns.
Here are some pictures of all of us heading down the luge! Enjoy.
This is Byron down by the fire pit
before all the snow had been stomped down.
Dad caught some MAJOR air after
going off the jump. It was hilarious!
Haylee and I in the fire pit area too!
We had such a good time building and going down the luge....
Looks like so much fun! Reminds me of the days when we could be carefree like that! I think a trip up to Breck could be in my future (ahem, Megan/Byron, this is where you issue an invitation) and I can see the Denning Luge for myself! I do think you all need Olympic-style spandex competition suits though . . . would have given Kevin better aerodynamics when flying through the air . . .
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