Finding Snow

We decided to take the kids up to South Lake Tahoe. Here in Folsom, we do not experience snow but we can get our "fill" about an hour away. I have never been snow shoeing and thought we would just rent them for the first time, but when I went to check on rentals, they had some great deals on them. We ended up buying both Brian and I a pair and then Kaylee spotted a pair for her. I couldn't resist:) She had so much fun that it was totally worth it. I was impressed at how quickly she picked up on it. She didn't fall once, but daddy did!!!

For our first time, we did not go too far in the snow shoes. We got pretty tired very quickly. They are harder than you think. My calves were sore and it was noon, so lunch time!!! After grabbing a bite to eat in the van, we got the sled out. There were quite a few people and lots of trees around. That does not mix very well. We watched as a few kids ran into trees coming down the hills. They were fine but I was not feeling quite right about sledding down with that danger. We found some small hills to go down that did not have as many trees. The first time down, Kaylee got a mouth full of snow. She didn't think she wanted to go anymore. Brian got her up the hill again and then he got on the sled. She was standing off to the side looking down the hill so as he started going down, he just grabbed her on the way and set her down on the sled. She protested at first but then was laughing hard. She ended up having fun and was enjoying herself again.

Kaylee also built a snowman:)


Carson could not get enough of sledding. Before we were even off the sled, he was pointing to the top to go back up.

Snow shoeing!!! Carson just enjoyed being outdoors.

This will definitely be a regular activity. So much fun. I am just glad we have to go somewhere for the snow and not our backyard. We came back home to 60 degree weather that afternoon:)