Happy New Year
POSTED BY TODD:
UPDATE: Here are the pictures I promised.
2007 got off to a great start. Yesterday, perhaps the most perfect winter day ever (sunny and relatively mild, and with 6 inches of pristine new snow), the Larsens came over and we headed to the local sledding slope in Wayzata. When we arrived, we were the only ones (and the first ones) there, but we eventually created a slick, fast track with a jump at the end. Everyone participated and we all had a great time. Ella (who probably had the fastest sled) persevered after hitting the same tree during the first 2 runs, which caused her mother to laugh hysterically and rue the fact that the video camera wasn't running. (Okay, we all laughed hard.) After a while, a young boy appeared and started sledding by himself on an adjacent hill while his father sat in the car and read a book. We invited him to join us and, as it turned out, he was a friend of Cole's from school. Cole's friend had an extra big sled that allowed up to 4 people to make runs down the hill together. After about an hour, we were all exhausted and headed back to our house for hot chocolate, some food, and a game of "Apples to Apples." Melinda and the kids then watched a movie in front of a fire, while Todd watched USC beat up Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
Melinda took a lot of pictures of the sledding. I will post them later with an update.
UPDATE: Here are the pictures I promised.
2007 got off to a great start. Yesterday, perhaps the most perfect winter day ever (sunny and relatively mild, and with 6 inches of pristine new snow), the Larsens came over and we headed to the local sledding slope in Wayzata. When we arrived, we were the only ones (and the first ones) there, but we eventually created a slick, fast track with a jump at the end. Everyone participated and we all had a great time. Ella (who probably had the fastest sled) persevered after hitting the same tree during the first 2 runs, which caused her mother to laugh hysterically and rue the fact that the video camera wasn't running. (Okay, we all laughed hard.) After a while, a young boy appeared and started sledding by himself on an adjacent hill while his father sat in the car and read a book. We invited him to join us and, as it turned out, he was a friend of Cole's from school. Cole's friend had an extra big sled that allowed up to 4 people to make runs down the hill together. After about an hour, we were all exhausted and headed back to our house for hot chocolate, some food, and a game of "Apples to Apples." Melinda and the kids then watched a movie in front of a fire, while Todd watched USC beat up Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
Melinda took a lot of pictures of the sledding. I will post them later with an update.
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